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pletion of such a publication entails. A large part of an author's 

 reward consists in his own sense of satisfaction at a task well 

 done, but in this instance Dr. Rydberg will also receive the grate- 

 ful appreciation of botanists, especially those of the West, for a 

 volume that will be indispensable for many years, and will long 

 stand as a monument to the industry, enthusiasm, and discrimi- 

 nating vision of its author. 



Paul C. Staxdley 



Two Connecticut forest reports* 



The data for the first publication were gathered by traversing 

 "every road" (?) in an automobile and plotting the forest areas 

 on U. S. Geological Sur^-ey topographic maps. The length of 

 time required is not clearh' indicated, but except for three coun- 

 ties previously sur\-eyed by other parties the field work seems to 

 have begun in 1913 and ended in 1914. 



About three pages are devoted to the three physiographic 

 provinces : western upland, central lowland (Triassic), and eastern 

 upland. There are about tT\-o pages on forest types (ten in 

 number), 15 pages on forest conditions by counties, 3 pages on 

 destructive influences (fungi, insects and fire), and about 2 pages 

 of interesting historical notes. Then follow tables giving the 

 actual and relative wooded area of each county and town. One 

 of the maps shows by seven different shadings the approximate 

 percentage of forest in each town, and the other the general 

 location of the larger forest areas; both of which should be useful 

 to botanists planning field work in Connecticut. The wooded 

 area by counties ranges from 31 per cent in Fairfield Count}" to 

 56 per cent in Tolland, and by towns from 5 per cent in Hartford 

 to 88 per cent in Voluntown. The percentage for the whole 

 state is 46.4. (No estimates of the forest area at earlier periods 

 are given, but the reviewer has recently estimated from census 

 figures that Connecticut had more woodland in 1910 than in 

 i79o)-t Iri 1893 the U. S. Geological Survey, in cooperation 



* Moss, Albert E. A forest survey of Connecticut. Rep. Conn. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. 39: 197-230. 2 maps. New Haven, 1916. 



. A forest survey of the town of Redding, Conn. Rep. Conn. 



Agric. Exp. Sta. 40: 383-427. New Haven, 191 7. 



t See the current (April) number of the Journal of Forestry (Washington, D. C.) 



