CIIKSTXUT TREES GOING 



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DRAWING THE LUMBER OUT OF THE WOODS. 



Mecca, the expert collecting entomolo- 

 gists from the American Museum of 



SOON THE CHESTNUT BLOOM WILL BE 

 RARER THAN THE RAREST ORCHIDS. 



Natural History of New York City. 

 The grove is rich in everything that is 

 good from an inspirational and educa- 

 tional aspect, and everyone who has 

 known these beautiful woods will re- 

 gret the loss of the stately chestnut 

 trees that only a few years ago were 

 so thrifty. 



But the owner is doing the right 

 thing. He is removing them as speedily 

 and as skillfully as possible. This is 

 I)eing done under the management of 

 Contractor Hawks^ with his sub con- 

 tractor Bailey, of the portable sawmill. 

 While the saw mill has been in action 

 hundreds of visitors have been at- 

 tracted to the place because here log- 

 ging has been carried on in as pictur- 

 esque and as skilled a manner as it is 

 in the primitive forests of northern 

 New England. One can hardly realize 

 in looking at the accompanying illus- 

 trations that these scenes are only a 

 short distance from modern residences, 

 a railroad and a trolley car track. 



Photographs bj- courtesy of The Guide to 

 Nature. 



TO fIGIIT rORHST PIRES. 



Twenty-five miles of telephone lines have been constructed this spring by the Coeur" 

 VAlcne Timber Protective Association, and an additional 25 miles will be constructed before 



the fire danger season is at its height. 



