notes and queries. 97 



Canadian Forests. 



Agriculture, which is the pride and hope of Canada, says the 

 Canadian Gazette, depends in large measure upon the preserva- 

 tion of Canadian forests. Without them the water supply of 

 Canada's rivers will go unconserved and unregulated, and there 

 will be in Canada, as there are now in many parts of the United 

 States, destructive floods in the spring, followed by low and 

 contaminated water all through the summer. Happily, the 

 Canadian Government is alive to the importance of this question, 

 and we note with much satisfaction the measure which the 

 Hon. Frank Oliver has introduced into the Canadian House of 

 Commons for an increase in the Dominion forest reserves from 

 three to sixteen millions of acres. There are now twenty-one 

 reserves, covering 3,379,000 acres. Four more are now to be 

 added, and the total area will be 16,760,000 acres. Nine of 

 the reserves will be in British Columbia in the Rocky Mountain 

 section, five in Manitoba, seven in Saskatchewan, and four in 

 Alberta. This is the beginning of a more vigorous policy of 

 reforestation. The Government will not at first enter upon a 

 policy of re-planting, but will control the cutting of timber so 

 as to give the younger trees better opportunity of growth. 



Forest Terminology, 



Students of French and German literature on the subject of 

 forestry are recommended to provide themselves with a little 

 book on Forest Terminology, by J. Gerschel, Professor at the 

 National Forest School, Nancy. 



It consists of three parts — the first of which gives French 

 terms, arranged alphabetically, with their equivalents in English 

 and in German ; the second part gives English terms, with their 

 equivalents in French and in German; and the third part 

 gives German terms, with their equivalents in French and in 

 English. 



The book is published by Berger-Levrault & Cie, 5 Rue des 

 Beaux-Arts, Paris. It can be obtained through Messrs Otto 

 Schulze & Co., 20 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Price 4s. 6d. 



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