I'arrual and thia circular, a aan can know exactly what he 

 ronds. Moreover, It is at onoe detailed and oompaot 

 nothing loft out, but no unnecessary natter left In. It 

 is of decide^ advantage to anyone rorking with either 

 sales or any oth^r branch of work in the timber, to see 

 conclusions set down in a form comprehensible to anyone. 

 But while thia circular has good, clear-out, well- 

 basted material, it cannot be said that no more changes 

 will ever b* necessary. Instructions must Uhange with 

 progress , and it will always be desirable to gather per- 

 tinent data and send it In to the Distriot Cffioe. It 

 ia folt, however, that as good a piece of worl; as this 

 must long be used in its present shape, and will not be 

 materially altered unless the change has first been thor- 

 oughly tried out and decider', to be of marked advantage. 



Dr.Sudworth has written and the DepartiflBtnt of Agri- 

 culture has published as its Bulletin 327 a 43-pa^e*^!- 

 lustrated book on the spruoe. and balsam fir trees of 

 the Rooky Mountain region. This good piece of botanioal 

 work should be filed in each ranger f s library, beside his 

 "Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope." 



The Katlpnal_T7oolgrower for February contains an ar- 

 ticle on range grasses b~y A7V/. Samp son, in which the various 

 foxtails are described. This Is followed in the March mem- 

 ber by an article on the brome grasses in which they are 

 classe by forage value. As most of these foirfcails and 

 bromes are native o^ at least established in this Forest , 

 it is of special interest to grazing rangers to read these 

 articles. 



The series of articles running in American Forestry 

 on tr^e sppioies has been most interesting. "Why should not 

 some Californian offer that magazine a similar article on 

 the Sugar Pine, its beauty, its value, its Tferled uses. 

 Another on the Big Tree should add to that Series which 

 it is hoped will be published in book form Same day. 



