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THE FORESTER. 



November, 



general the bark is stripped from the tree, 

 which is left to rot on the ground, useless 

 itself, and in case of fire a menace to stand- 

 ing timber. Rod and Gun in Canada. 



New legislation was also passed pro- 

 viding for more effective prevention and 



suppression of fires on crown 

 Rod and Gun in Canada. 



lands. 



REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PERIODICAL 



LITERATURE. 



The following is a list of the most important 

 foreign journals of forestry which will be re- 

 viewed from time to time in this department : 

 There are two Russian journals not mentioned 

 below, also a Norwegian journal ( Tidsskrift for 

 Skovbrug}. Other foreign journals such as Del 

 daaske Hedeselskab, a Danish periodical which 

 treats of the cultivation of heatherlands, and 

 Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Heidemaatscap- 

 pij, a Dutch journal with the same purpose, are 

 also not mentioned although they contain con- 

 siderable forestry information. 



The principal European journals of forestry 

 are either in German, French, or English, with 

 the exception of two. These two although sel- 

 dom read outside of the countries in which they 

 are printed are of interest for several reasons. 



The first is the Danish journal called the 

 Tidsskrift for Skovvaesen, edited by C. V. Prytz, 

 professor of forestry in the Royal Agricultural 

 and Forestry Academy in Copenhagen. It is 

 unfortunate for outsiders that this journal is 

 published in Danish, for the Danes are up-to- 

 date, wide-awake foresters, and many things in 

 the journal would be of interest to Americans. 

 We shall endeavor to review this journal in 

 future issues. 



The second journal referred to is the Spanish 

 one called Revista de Monies. The address is 

 Calle del Duque de Alba, num 17 segundo en 

 San Lorenzo de Escorial, Madrid. The cover of 

 this journal is tastefully adorned with a Spanish 

 coast scene showing to good advantage Pinus 

 pinea, the classic Pine of the Mediterranean, 

 which is a common accompaniment of old piaz- 

 zas, fragments of temples, etc., in pictures. 



Monte in Spanish means both "forest" and 

 " mountain. " Forests are no doubt so rare in 

 the villages of Spain that forests and mountains 

 have been so long unassociated that the terms 

 are actually synonymous. 



This reminds us of the Italian term "fores- 

 tiere" which means a stranger, that is a man 

 from the forest, and that of course means a man 

 from another country, because of the scarcity of 

 forests in Italy. 



The Spanish journal is mainly a rehash of the 

 contents of other European forestry journals. 

 The fact that there is strong effort to support a 

 journal of the kind in Spain is a surprise to most 

 people who are not familiar with this publica- 

 tion. 



One journal which is published in Bern, Switz- 

 erland, was, prior to 1900, printed in both French 



and German ; that is, the same article appeared 

 both in French and in German in the same 

 number. Two separate editions are now printed, 

 one in each language. The German edition is 

 known as the Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur 

 Forstzvesen, and the French edition as the Jour- 

 nal forestier Suisse. This journal is the official 

 organ of the Swiss Forestry Association. It is 

 edited by Dr. F. Fankhauser who is one of the 

 most distinguished foresters in Switzerland, if 

 not in Europe, and one of the most genial of 

 men. He is an expert in the reboisment of 

 mountain districts and his journal always con- 

 tains matters of wide interest. 



Another journal which should be more exten- 

 sively read is the Bulletin de la Societe Centrale 

 Forestiere de Belgique, address, Secretariat de 

 la Societe, 38 rue de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. 

 This is the best forestry journal in the French 

 language. 



There is a paper in France called Le Hois, 

 another U Echo Foreslier, and a little journal 

 called the Bulletin Trimestriel de la Societe 

 Forestiere Francaise des Amis Arbres. The 

 principal forestry journal of France, however, is 

 the Revue des Eaux et Forets, 13 Rue des Saints 

 Peres, Paris, France. Considering the fact that 

 this is the only monthly forestry journal in a 

 country which is supposed to be one of the lead- 

 ers in the science and art of forestry, one pays 

 well for the information which he gets out of it 

 at the rate of twenty francs per year. Jules 

 Rothschild, the publisher of this journal and of 

 many French works on forestry, died in France 

 last summer. 



Germany is the land of forestry journals. I 

 shall only mention in this connection the 

 monthly publications, of which the principal 

 ones are the Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd-Zei- 

 tung, edited by Dr. Tuisko Lorey, a professor 

 of forestry in the University of Tubingen, and 

 published at Frankfort-am-Main by J. D. Sauer- 

 lander, and the Zeitschrift fiir Forsl- und Jag- 

 wesen. To the first of these journals there is a 

 valuable supplement, which costs extra how- 

 ever, but contains a " review of the publications 

 and important events in the spheres of forestry, 

 forest botany, zoology, agricultural chemistry, 

 and meteorology." All who cannot afford the 

 journal should purchase the supplement. The 

 Zeitschrift fiir Forst- und Jagdwesen is the offi- 

 cial organ of the forestry experiment station at 

 Eberswalde. It is edited by Dr. jur. B. Danck- 

 elmann, Royal Prussian " Landforst-meister " 



