Il8 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIKTY. 



Wald und Forstwirtschaft. Vom Kgl.-Forstmeister Dr A. 

 ScHWAPPACH. Deutsche Verlagshaus Bong u. Co., Berlin. 

 With Map and many beautiful Illustrations. 



This treatise, entitled " Woods and Forestry," comes from the 

 pen of Professor Schwappach, whose name is a guarantee of the 

 quality of the work. The history of Forestry in Germany is 

 first dealt with, the author describing the gradual destruction 

 of the forests, on what was once a thickly-wooded area, by an 

 increasing agricultural population. These latter chiefly con- 

 fined themselves at first to the more fertile spots, and consequently 

 the hardwoods suffered more than the conifers. Prohibition 

 orders regulating the felling were in force as early as the 

 fourteenth century, and were rendered necessary by the in- 

 creasing scarcity of timber ; the small facilities for carriage at 

 that period rendering a supply of home-grown stuff a necessity. 

 Owing to human interference, conifers are largely replacing 

 hardwoods, and to-day about 65 per cent, of the German woods 

 are composed of conifers, whereas it is stated that in the 

 twelfth century only a little over 30 per cent, represented the 

 proportion of conifers. 



The work gives an excellent account of Forestry as a whole, 

 and the subject matter is of a nature rendering it unfortunate 

 that it is not at the disposal of those who are ignorant of the 

 German language. The work is beautifully illustrated. 



W. F. A. H. 



Neudammer Forster-Lehrbuch. By Several Authors. J.Neumann, 

 Neudamm. Third Edition, 1907. Price 10 marks. 203 

 Illustrations, including 6 Coloured Plates. 



The Neudammer Forster-Lehrbuch is intended for the instruc- 

 tion of Foresters in Germany, and there is, unfortunately, no 

 English translation of the work. It is, however, just the kind of 

 book which a great many English readers wish to have. 



After an Introduction by Professor Schwappach, forest botany 

 is dealt with systematically, and with wonderfully few technical 

 expressions, by E. Herrmann. Zoology is taken up by Dr 

 Eckstein, who can speak with great authority on the economic 



