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THE wooded tract of country comprising the hill ranges of Les Maures and I'Esterel in the departments of Le Var and Les Alpes maritimes, in the south-east of France, has been annually ravaged by forest fires from time immemorial. It is stocked with conifers, Pinus Halepensis, and P. Pinaster; the cork oak, and the pubescent variety of Quercus sessiliflora, and there is a dense undergrowth of Erica arborea, the roots of which are used for briar (bruyère) pipes, also of Erica scoparia, lavender, juniper, broom, dwarf palms, wild olive, and Arbutus, &c. During the months of June, July, August, and September, the drought, high temperature, and the violent mistral wind which prevail, increase the danger from forest fires and their severity.
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The text of this Law is given in the Revue des Eaux et Forêts, vol xix. part 18, for September 25, 1893.
Vide "A Forest Tour in Provence and the Cevennes," by Colonel Bailey, R. E., in Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, vol. xvi. part 3, 1886.
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FISHER, W. New French Law for the Prevention of Forest Fires1. Nature 49, 233–234 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049233c0
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