EVtLS S-OLLOWIUG DfiSTRttCtlOU OF FORESTS. lOl 



' To-day, the Administration, enlightened by half a cen- 

 tury of experiments, and master at last of the subject, has 

 organised in the Landes a number of works, the admir- 

 able success of which is beyond description.' 



Details are given in a volume I have published, entitled 

 Pine Plantations on Sand- Wastes in France, in which are 

 detailed the appearances presented by the Landes of the 

 Gironde before and after culture, and the Landes of La 

 Sologne ; the legislation and literature of France in regard 

 to the planting of the Landes with trees ; the characteris- 

 tics of the sand- wastes, the natural history, culture, and 

 exploitation of the maritime pine and of the Scotch fir ; 

 and the diseases and injurious influences to which the 

 maritime pine is subject. 



