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THE MT. LASSEN ERUPTION 



areas. The well-organized efforts to 

 keep forest fires in subjection are im- 

 proving the conditions and giving the 

 pine a chance to come back. The few 

 remaining seed trees bear abundantly, 

 and the winged seeds are carried long 

 distances by the wind and are restocking 

 many a vacant place. 



In parts of New England, particularly 

 in Massachusetts, fine stands of young 

 white pine have taken the place of for- 

 ests cut long ago. Practically every foot 

 of this wood now passing through Mass- 

 achusetts sawmills is second growth; 

 that is, it has come on since the old 

 stands were cut. The trees stand close 

 together and are straight, yet, because 

 thev are still voung, thcv are limbv 



and the resulting lumber is knotty. 

 However, growth is rapid. White 

 pines of suitable size for good saw logs 

 are now growing on the graves of the 

 unfortunate British soldiers killed at 

 Concord ; yet the trees were not planted 

 until fifty years after the battle. This 

 shows the rate of growth. New York is 

 now doing a great work at reforesting 

 with white pine, and Pennsylvania may 

 be expected to do as well. The sawmill 

 output of this pine may be expected to 

 decline still further, but it will then 

 have reached its lowest point, and will 

 begin to move up, with the assurance 

 that the country will always have white 

 pine lumber. 



TREE PLANTING IN NEWARK 



By Carl Bannwart 

 Secretary Newark Shade Tree Commission 



TREE planting is as old as the 

 hills. But a new way of 

 handling this old practice has 

 come to pass with us in Newark. 

 Tree planting has become here a munic- 

 ipal function; and this new method, 

 both in itself and in its results, is highly 

 interesting. 



If, ten years ago, we had announced 

 that we would undertake to set out 

 1,500 trees along ten miles of frontage 

 and assess the cost thereof on the 

 properties benefited, the property own- 

 ers would have been not only surprised 

 but astonished. At the present time, 

 however, such an undertaking does not 

 create a ripple of interest ; yet just such 

 planting is what we propose for this 

 present Fall season. And the fact that 

 it creates no interest is in itself interest- 

 ing, as indicating how public sentiment 

 has fallen in with this scheme of munic- 

 ipal planting and has come to accept 

 it as a matter of course. 



For the past six weeks we have been 

 subsoiling for these proposed new trees. 

 This subsoiling amounts to something 



like three tons for each tree, sixty cubic 

 feet, approximately 4 x 4 x 33^ feet. 

 Now we are planting: first, new plant- 

 ings, second, replacing failures of our 

 own recent plantings. Of new plant- 

 ings about 1,500 trees will be set out 

 in this way: 1,000 2" Norway Maples 

 and 500 2" Oriental Planes (Variety 

 Acerifolia). These trees are all provided 

 with tree guards and stakes. The 

 average cost is about $4.00 per tree. 

 This is the ^ only direct charge the 

 property owner is to bear. The trees 

 are cultivated, pruned and sprayed. 

 Failures, broken tree guards and stakes, 

 are replaced without additional direct 

 charge to the property. The guaranty 

 is unlimited, whether a runaway or 

 other maltreatment or whatsoever cause 

 is responsible for the death of the tree. 

 We could perhaps set out more trees 

 if it were not for the necessity of taking 

 care of these in perpetuity after plant- 

 ing. Therefore we do not increase our 

 plantings at a greater ratio than the 

 appropriation to the Department for 

 maintenance permits. 



