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THE FORESTER. 



March, 



extended, and the studies in the history of for- 

 estry produced important results, now ready for 

 publication." 



Of the applications for working plans Mr. 

 Pinchot says : " Since the introduction of prac- 

 tical forestry on the nationsl forest reserves and 

 on private lands alike depends more than on 

 any other factor upon the ability of the Division 

 of Forestry to comply with these requests, the 

 meagerness of its resources is the most effective 

 of all hindrances to the progress of forest reform 

 in the United States." 



Report of the Chief Inspector of Timber and 

 Forestry for Canada, 1900. By Elihu Stew- 

 art, Chief Inspector of Timber and Forestry. 

 Part V : Annual Report of the Department of 

 the Interior for 1900. Pp. 15, Plates VII. 

 After pointing out that the management of 

 forests is a legitimate function of the govern- 

 ment, aud urging the necessity cf continuing 

 the work in this line already begun in Canada, 

 the author of this bulletin speaks of the Cana- 

 dian spruce forests. "Fortunately this coun- 

 try," says Mr. Stewart, "so fruitful in natural 

 resources, seems destined to supply the world 

 with another product of the forest in the spruce 

 timber, which will probably be as important 

 and valuable in the'future as the White Pine 

 has been in the past." In support of this state- 

 ment he quotes Mr. Geo. Johnson, who in a re- 

 cent publication on the "Pulp Wood of Canada " 

 says: "Iu Canada there is practically an un- 

 limited supply of wood suitable for pulp of the 

 highest character. The area of Canada upon 

 which the Spruce grows is almost co terminous 

 with the geographical boundaries. Far east the 

 Spruce grows along the shores of Hamilton Inlet 

 and the northern shores of the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. Far north around the shores of Ungara 

 Bay and far northwest in Coronation Gulf, and 

 to the mouth of Mackenzie River the Spruce 

 matures and arrives at good size. Far west 

 along the fiords of British Columbia, Spruce 

 abounds, increasing in quantity as one goes 

 north." 6 



Much of the space in this bulletin is taken up 

 with a description of the Canadian Forest Re- 

 serves. The fire question is discussed and the 

 employment of fire rangers to assist the forest 

 rangers is noted. Fire-guards have been com- 

 pleted in several of the reserves and everv pre- 

 caution is being taken to prevent future'forest 

 and prairiefires. The enlargement of the Rocky 

 Mountain Park is again suggested, and tree 

 planting on the plains is discussed. 



The Forests of Allegheny County, Md. By 

 George B. Sudworth. Maryland Geological 

 Survey. Pp. 30. Illustrations 14. Map 

 It is obviously important that the forest con- 

 ditions m all parts of the country should be ex- 

 amined and reported on. Such reports, though 

 not widely interesting, are invaluable for refer- 

 ence in every question concerning the forests 

 Ol :m\ given region, and are to be welcomed 

 whenever thej appear, especially when as good 



as this report for the Maryland Geological 

 Survey. After reviewing briefly the geological 

 conditions of Allegany County, Mr. Sudworth 

 describes the character and distribution of the 

 forests and different forest trees. Then afier ex- 

 plaining the relation of the lumbering and min- 

 ing industries to reproduction, he takes up the 

 fire question, and makes a number of suggestions 

 about measures of protection against fire and 

 the management of the woodlands. There is 

 little in this report which will be new to those 

 who are familiar with the forests of other parts 

 of Maryland and the neighboring States, but 

 there are a number of such passages as the fol- 

 lowing which, for the present, cannot be re- 

 peated too often : 



" While in general the damage by fires in this 

 region appears not to be great, especially since 

 there is little or no apparent decrease in the 

 forest eover, nevertheless, the combined effects 

 upon all ages of growth are very appreciable. 

 The greatest damage is done in the periodic de- 

 struction of from one to ten or more years' 

 growth of seedlings and coppice sprouts. A few 

 very }oung seedlings are also killed. Clearly, 

 therefore, the productiveness of these forests is 

 much reduced ; in fact, where fires run through 

 this young growth at short intervals it is prac- 

 tically held at a standstill for many years. 

 Actual growth is confined only to such saplings 

 and older trees as are, from their size, capable of 

 withstanding light fires. The direct effect of 

 retarded production would be much more ap- 

 parent to consumers of timber in the region than 

 it is now, if these forests were systematically 

 cut over for the fullest utilization of timber. 

 The present timber-producing stock would 

 eventually be exhausted. Wooded areas which 

 now give the impression to many of being con- 

 st aitly stocked and improving would soon be 

 reduced to an unproductive state. Many acres 

 of woodland are thus to be found which yield 

 practically nothing, from the fact that all small 

 stock is periodically destroyed." 



Publications Received. 



Forty-Third Annual Report of the State Horti- 

 cultural Society of Missouri. Tribune Print- 

 ing Co., Jefferson Citv. Pp. 431. 



Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, 1900. Part I. Boston. Pp. 

 126. 



A Yearbook of Kentucky Woods and Fields. 

 By Ingram Crockett. C. W. Moulton, Buffalo. 

 Illustrated. Pp. 112. 



The Uses of Water in Irrigation Part I. By 

 Elwood Mead and C. L- Johnston. Reprinted 

 from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Office 

 of Experimental Stations, Bulletin 86. Pp 

 82. Plates XXVI. Figs. 13. 



Notes on Crataegus in the Champlain Valley. 

 C. S. Sargent. Reprinted from Rhodora, Vol. 

 3, No. 26, February, 1901. 



New or Little Known North American Trees. 

 N. C. S. Sargent. Reprinted from the 

 Botanical Gazette, January, 1901. 







