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Forestry, Various [Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 1908). — To 

 those interested in forestry the Journal of Forestry of the Royal 

 English Arborionltural Society will prove interesting, containing as it 

 does many excellent articles on our woodlands and timber. The article 

 on " Taxation of Woodlands " in the January number will open the eyes 

 of many to this important, but not at all well-known, question. Under 

 the heading of "Present Condition of Irish Woodlands" much infor- 

 mation is given as to the ruthless manner in which timber is being 

 felled, particularly on farms and on small estates. The generally 

 wretched condition of the Irish woods and plantations and the wholesale; 

 cutting down of timber since the Land Purchase Act of 1903 came into 

 force are to be deplored, and formed the subject of several notes by the 

 writer in our British timber journals. 



The " Planting of Sand-dunes at Holkham " is a practical paper that 

 should be read by everyone who has the charge of tree cultivation in 

 maritime districts to carry out. 



Two at least of the articles contributed to the July number of the 

 Journal of Forestry — that on " The Conversion of Underwood and 

 Coppice with Standards into High-wood" and "Volume of some Coniferous 

 Timber Crops per acre in the County of Durham" — are of particular- 

 interest to the British forester, containing much that is of real practical 

 value in connection with the management of our woodlands. Siu;h 

 information as that on the volume of timber produced from an acre 

 is something new, and will be read with much interest by everyone 

 who has to deal with the economic side of the question of timber 

 production. 



Surely information for the Journal was scant when so many pages are 

 devoted to the paper on " Working Plans of Stisted Hall Woodlands," 

 which, as everyone knows, could only be of real interest to the owners and 

 managers of the woods in question. 



The prices of home-grown timber as recorded are both interesting and 

 valuable, and should if practicable be widely extended. Much other 

 useful information is given in both volumes. — A. D. W. 



Forestry (Transactions of the Boyal Scottish Arbor icultural Society, 

 January and July 1908).— Though much of the July number is taken up 

 with matter that is of more interest to the Continental than to the British 

 forester, yet several of the papers, such as that on " Impressions of 

 Forestry in the Schwarzvvald " and " Experiments on Relative Value of 

 Timber Preservatives," by Professor Henry, are of immense importance 

 to those who have the conversion of our home-grown timbers to attend 

 to. The result of the experiments in connection with preservation would 

 point to the fact that, despite one or two drawbacks, carbolineum is 

 probably the most useful of the many so-called preservatives that have 

 been recommended. 



The scheme for establishing a national industry of forestry is a 

 laudable one, and it is to be hoped that at no very distant date some, at 

 least, of the suggestions made will be carried out. 



" The Douglas Fir as a Commercial Tree " is a readable article, and 

 contains much sound advice and reasoning, although at the same time 



