800 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Forestry : The Forests of the Hawaiian Islands. By William 



L. Hall ( U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Bur. For., Bull. 48). — Contains an interesting 

 account of the forests of these islands as the result of a careful examina- 

 tion made in 1903. The rapid decadence of the native timber trees, with 

 an account of a proposed forest service and the future policy to be adopted, 

 are of great interest, particularly as the cultivation of rice and sugar 

 is largely carried out, and to be successful is so dependent on the rainfall 

 from the mountains, this, again, being controlled by the presence of wood- 

 lands. 



Injurious forest insects, fires, and rough-growing grasses have been 

 active agents in the despoiling of these island forest lands. — A. D. W. 



Forest Lands in Hampton and Beaufort Counties, South 

 Carolina: A Working- Plan for. By T. H. Sherrard (U.S. A. Dep. 

 Agr. Bur. For., Bull. 43). — Formerly the Long-leaf Pine was the chief 

 timber-producing tree of these regions, but, like many other forest tracts, 

 the original species, through carelessness in lumbering, has almost 

 become a thing of the past. By conservative lumbering, aided by the 

 keeping in check of forest fires, if carried out at once, this Pine can be 

 saved from destruction. 



The original and present forests are carefully dealt with by the 

 author, while the working plan and map show clearly the system of 

 procedure. 



The illustrations of the Long-leaf and Cuban Pine help greatly to 

 elucidate the text. — A. D. W. 



Forest Planting* in Western Kansas. By R. S. Kellogg (U.S.A. 

 Dep. Agr. Bur. For., Bull. 52). — This is an excellent report that embodies 

 a large amount of practical information regarding the afforesting of 

 Western Kansas, a State which unfortunately cannot boast of a large area 

 of woodlands. Of unusual value is the report in that the methods of 

 treatment which have proved most successful are embodied by the author, 

 and that the results obtained amply justify the necessary expenditure 

 connected with afforesting. 



Some twenty-six species of trees are recommended, amongst others 

 our well-known Austrian Pine (which, by the way, is more valuable for 

 shelter than the production of good timber), the White Poplar, Black 

 Walnut, Catalpa, Mulberry, and Lombardy Poplar. The map and seven 

 illustrations which accompany the text go far in elucidating matters. 



A. D. W. 



Forest Resources of Texas. By W. L. Bray (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. 

 Bur. For., Bull. 47). — With a merchantable forest that covers about 10 per 

 cent, of its entire area, the lumber annually cut in the State of Texas 

 amounts to nearly a billion feet — an industry that is exceeded only by 

 that of cotton and cattle. Unfortunately, owing to existing loose 

 methods, the exhaustion of this great economic resource is being 

 gradually brought about, and the conditions affecting the prosperity of large 

 areas of woodland are gradually changing for the worse. As the State 

 requires extensive forests for internal use, the reservation of certain forest 

 areas, similar to what has taken place in the State of New York, will 



