110 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



OBITUARY. 



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On Jiiue 17, 1900, Mrs. Alice Norris, long a faithful and efficient 

 member of this Division, passed away in this city after a long and 

 painful illness. 



On August 6, 1900, Victor B, Fay, a student assistant, i^assed away 

 at Pine Bluff, Ark. , after a brief illness. 



On August 30, 1900, Hiram Hurlburt, a student assistant, passed 

 away at Holland Patent, N. Y., after a brief illness. 



WORK FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. 



No conspicuous, changes of plan are contemplated for the current 

 year. The work of preparing manuscripts and figures for the press 

 will be pushed more vigorously than has hitherto been possible, and 

 it is expected that much valuable material will be ready to print 

 during the year. 



WORKING PLANS. 



The working plans for the Black Hills Forest Reserve, and for 

 townshij) -to in the New York State Forest Preserve will be comj)leted, 

 togetJier with numerous plans for private owners, and it is confidently 

 expected that considerable additional areas will be put under manage- 

 ment. The work on the national forest reserves should be pushed as 

 rapidly as possible. 



ECONOMIC TREE PLANTING. 



Special emphasis will be laid on the stud^^ of growing plantations, 

 the investigation of the encroachment of trees on the plains will con- 

 tinue, and special studies of valuable trees will be pushed forward. 

 The preparation of planting plans will remain the most conspicuous 

 work of the section. 



SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS. 



Results for the Red Fir, Redwood, and it is hoped for the Western 

 Hemlock, will be reached during the current year. The work on the 

 Loblolly Pine should be made ready for the press, and that upon 

 numerous other species will be carried forward. It is intended to 

 publish some of the results of the forest-fire and forest-histoiy inves- 

 tigations. Reports by collaborators, notably for California and Texas, 

 will be ready for the iDress. The grazing investigation undertaken for 

 the Department of the Interior will be carried on and should produce 

 definite results in most or all of the 15 reserves which have been or 

 are being studied. 



OFFICE M^ORK. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. H. W. Wilej^, Chief Chemist, additional 

 space has been temporarily assigned to this Division in the building of 

 the Division of Chemistry. Without such an opportunity to expand, 

 the work of the present year would be wholly" impossible, since the old 

 (juarters of the Division are altogether outgrown. 



