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DR. FANKHAUSER'S elementary text-book on forestry is used in Switzerland for the instruction of agricultural students and working foresters; that it has great merits is evidenced by its appearance in five German and three French editions. The work is remarkable for its clear style, excellent illustrations, and admirable choice of subject-matter. The introduction, concerned with the utility of forests, explains their importance in creating industries, in regulating water supply, in preventing erosion of the soil, etc., in a country like Switzerland, where there is so much of what the author calls “absolute forest soil,” or land that cannot be put under any other form of cultivation. The forests of Switzerland cover, in fact, 2,300,000 acres, about 23 per cent, of the total area of the country, and are credited with a pro duction of about 42 cubic feet of timber per acre annually.
Guide Pratique de Sylviculture.
Dr. F. Fankhauser. Troisième édition française par M. Petitmermet. Pp. 348. (Lausanne, Genève, et Paris: Payot et Cie, 1921.)
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Guide Pratique de Sylviculture . Nature 109, 7 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109007a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109007a0