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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



HORBURN'S 

 TREES 



A WONDERFUL thing it 

 is to watch the growth 

 of any tree from its ger- 

 mination to the time that it bears 

 luscious fruit or its foliage 

 affords a grateful shade. 



TREES 

 SEEDS 



will give you that pleasure as 

 well as the profit derived from 

 Nature's process, if you had in 

 mind the marketing of fruit. 



Thorburn's Seeds are secured 

 under the most favorable con- 

 ditions, selected from the best 

 stock and assorted and inspected 

 by experts. Our organization 

 dates back to 1802; we have 

 been studying shade and fruit 

 trees for over a century. Any 

 seeds you may order from us 

 you can depend upon absolutely 

 as of the ^rst quality, reliable 

 in every respect. 



We suggest that you send 

 for our 1919 catalogue which 

 we will gladly mail on 

 request. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co. 



Established 1802 



53 Barclay St., through to 

 54 Park Place 

 New York City 



some young Indian has poured out his 

 heart as follows : 



"As I walked along here I was think- 

 ing a great deal about my sweetheart, 

 (or sister-in-law) I love her greatly. 

 I think more of her than I think of 

 anyone else. 



It is I who wrote this." 



Yale Forest School this winter and his 

 ■place is being taken by Mr. L. S. Webb. 



The Laurentide and Riordon Paper 

 Companies have co-operated in buying 

 1,500,000 spruce trees to plant the coming 

 spring, in addition to those from their 

 nurseries. They will each plant about one 

 million trees. 



The fire season in Alberta has been 

 satisfactory and little damage is reported. 

 Mr. MacDonald, who went overseas from 

 this District, wrote that after falling 15,000 

 feet in his aeroplane he was a prisoner in 

 Germany and wanted some books sent over 

 so that he could while away the time and 

 improve his technical knowledge. He 

 marked it "Censor-Please rush" evidently 

 having a hunch that the war might soon 

 be over. Tlie Nursery work on the Cypress 

 Hills during the past season was rather 

 unsuccessful owing to much frost and 

 drought. Fourteen men are expected back 

 soon from the front which will enable the 

 staff to resume its old time activities with 

 renewed vigor. 



Major W. N. Millar, who went over with 

 the Tenth Engineers, has returned to the 

 University of Toronto to take up his teach- 

 ing again. He is reported as saying that 

 he thinks that if some military discipline 

 and methods could be put into forestry work 

 and lumbering that it would be a very good 

 thing. He says that whereas ten hours 

 extra work for having a button on one's 

 jacket undone may seem harsh, he feels 

 that such attention to details makes for a 

 better job, and that if all the little things 

 are in order and well looked after, the 

 job as a whole must be a better one. 



Prof. R. B. Miller, of the University of 

 New Brunswick, is taking a course at the 



Copies of "'Espana Forestal" which were 

 held back by the war for the past year 

 have just been received, together with the 

 bulletins of the Spanish Forestry Associa- 

 tion. These are very interesting and 

 thoroughly up-to-date giving reviews of 

 the forestry publications in many coun- 

 tries, including American Forestry. There 

 is an interesting article about a forestry 

 meeting held in Spain in 1805, another 

 on forest fires in Tenerifife, one on insect 

 pests, and many others well worth men- 

 tioning did time permit. The get up and 

 illustrations are e-xcellent, reminding one 

 of the American Forestry Magazine. It is 

 very interesting to see the different view 

 point of the Spanish Foresters, which leans 

 much more toward the esthetic side, so that 

 we have articles on the beauty of the for- 

 est and of famous trees and some very 

 good poems together with scientific and 

 technical articles. 



POSITIONS WANTED 



FOREST ENGINEER, 30 years of age; married; 

 eight (8) years experience in South and North- 

 east, in field and administration, desires to 

 make a change. References upon request. Ad- 

 dress Box No. 510 Care American Forestry 

 Magazine, Washington. D. C. 



YOUNG MAN recently discharged from the U. S. 

 Navy, wants employment with wholesale lum- 

 ber manufacturer: college graduate; five year's 

 experience in nursery business; can furnish 

 best of references. Address Box 675._ Care 

 .\merican Forestry Magazine, Washington, 

 n. C (1-3) 



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is the title of our 1919 catalogue— one of the most beautiful 

 and complete horticultural publications of the year — really 

 a book of 184 pages, 8 colored plates and over 1000 photo- 

 engravings, showing actual results without exaggeration. 

 It is a mine of information of everything in Gardening, 

 either for pleasure or profit, and embodies the result of 

 over seventy-two years of practical experience. To give 

 this catalogue the largest possible distribution we make 

 the following unusual offer : 

 To every one who will state where this advertisement was 



Every Empty Envelope 

 Counts As Cash 



to every one who will state where this advertisement was 

 seen and who encloses 10 cents we will mail the catalogue 



And Also Send Free Of Charge 

 Our Famous "HENDERSON" COLLECTION OF SEEDS 



cniitaining one pack each of Ponderosa Tomato, Big Boston Lettuce, 

 White Tipped Scarlet Radish, Henderson's Invincible Asters, Hen- 

 derson's Brilliant Mixture Poppies and Giant Waved Spencer Sweet 

 Peas, in a coupon envelope, which when emptied and rtturned will 

 be accepted as a 25-cent cash payment on any order amounting to 

 $1.00 and upward. 



