ARBORICULTURE 



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Eclitoricil Notes. 



On July 18 a messenger from the Na- 

 tional Palace brought to Porter's Hotel a 

 letter from President Diaz, inviting me 

 to call upon him on Monday afternoon. 

 I was extremely fortunate in having the 

 acquaintance of Dr. Fold, a gentleman 

 who, in addition to being an expert lin- 

 guist, is also a thorough master of arbor- 

 iculture, having been for many years di- 

 rector of forestry stations in France. 

 Dr. Foid volunteered to accompany me 

 on my visit to the President and to act 

 as interpreter. 



The President gave me a cordial wel- 

 come to the Eepublic of Mexico as rep- 

 resentative of the International Society 

 of Arboriculture, and expressed grati- 

 fication for the visit and the interest 

 taken in his country. I was assured that 

 the Government would co-operate with 

 our Society in all efforts to advance the 

 cause of arboriculture. 



President Diaz is well informed in re- 

 gard to prevailing conditions, and vari- 

 ous plans were discussed for the exten- 

 sive planting of trees about the borders 

 of lakes and moist locations throughout 

 Mexico. 



Experiments will be made at once to 

 test the adaptability of several species of 

 forest trees not indigenous to Mexico. 



I was also received by Sr. Genl. Man- 

 uel Gonzales Cosio, Minister of Fomento, 

 with whom I had a very interesting in- 

 terview. The Minister assured me of hi« 

 interest in the subject and explained at 

 length the forestry laws of Mexico. 



Unusual honors were accorded our So- 

 ciety bv all the Government officials, as 

 well as by many prominent citizens of the 

 Republic. 



Our friends will please remember that 

 Arboriculture is now published at 19 to 

 21 South Alabama street, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. 



All mail and communications for th<' 

 editor should be sent to Connersville, 

 Ind. 



Americans who visit the City of Mex- 

 ico, and who do not speak the Spanish 

 language with fluency, at times have a 

 difficulty in making their wants known. 



Porter's Hotel, on San Francisco 

 street, in the immediate business part 

 of the city, is an excellent hotel, with 

 ilie best cuisine, large, pleasant rooms, 

 and everything as nearly to suit Ameri- 

 cans as a Mexican hotel well can be. Mr. 

 Porter is an American and many of his 

 employes speak English. I was better 

 pleased at Porter's than any hotel that 

 T found in the Republic. The prices 

 also are very moderate, considering the 

 difference in value of Mexican and 

 American money. 



The Forest Nursery and Lumber Com- 

 pany has been incorporated under the 

 laws of Ohio. The company will grow 

 forest trees for sale and plant large areas 

 of forest. The hardy catalpa will be the 

 principal trees planted. 



This company means business, and is 

 the first extensive cornoration especially 

 organized to plant forests as a commer- 

 cial enterprise, although many thou- 

 sands of acres have been planted by in- 

 dividuals and railways. 



J. W. Myers is President; D. N. 

 Myers, Vice President; R. C. Kinneman, 

 Treasurer; W. D. Stem, Secretary. Of- 

 fice, Ashland, Ohio. 



There is a Avorld of enterprise in the 

 newspaper world, of which few people 

 have any conception. One London jour- 

 nal has bought a million acres of New- 

 foundland timber land to maintain a per- 

 petual supply of white paper. Just think 

 of it! — an area equal to one mile in 

 width and about 1,600 miles in length. 

 What a forest, all to sup]ily the printing 

 presses of one establishment! When we 

 stop to consider that one metropolitan 

 paper is but a small affair compared with 

 a grand total, it will bo seen that the 

 wonderful call upon our forests from the 

 newspapers alone is beyond the compre- 

 hension of the novice. 



