Excerpt from Glances at the Forests of Northern Europe Reboisement in France; or, Records of the Replanting of the Alps, the Cevennes, and the Pyrenees with Trees, Herbage, and Bush, with a view to arresting and preventing the destructive consequences of torrents: In which are given a resume of Surrel's study of Alpine torrents, and of the literature of France relative to Alpine torrents, and remedial measures which have been proposed for adoption to prevent the disastrous consequences following from them; translations of documents and enactments showing what legislative and executive measures have been taken by the Government of France in connection with reboisement as a remedial application against destructive torrents; and details in regard to the past, present, and prospective aspects of the work. London: Henry S. King and Co. 1876. 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 characteristics 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. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1878. Forests and Moisture; or, Effects of Forests on Humidity of Climate. In which are given details of phenomena of vegetation on which the meteorological effects of forests affecting the humidity of climate depend, - of the effects of forests on the humidity of the atmosphere, on the humidity of the ground, on marshes, on the moisture of a wide expanse of country, on the local rainfall, and on rivers, - and of the correspondence between the distribution of the rainfall and of forests, - the measure of correspondence betweon the distribution of the rainfall and that of forests, - the distribution of the rainfall dependent on geographical position, determined by the contour of a country, - the distribution of forests affected by the distribution of the rainfall, - and the local effects of forests on the distribution of the rainfall within the forest district. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1877. The Schools of Forestry in Europe: a Plea for the Creation of a School of Forestry in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1877. The School of Forestry in the Polytechnic School of Carlsrube. The School of, Forestry in the Royal Wurtemburg Academy of Land and Forest Economy. The School of Forestry in the Escurial of Spain. The School of Forestry at Evois in Finland. Opinions of Continental Foresters and Professors of Forest Science on the location of a School of Forestry. A British School of Forestry: Review of Suggestions relative to its formation, London; J. and W. Rider. 1877. On Schools of Forestry. Reprinted from Transactions of the Scottish Arboricultural Society, Edinburgh; M'Farlane and Erskine. 1877. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.