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TIkto may have been other Sequoias 

 i^rowiiitj elsewhere, and j)rohahly were, 

 but they do not exist to-day. 



Near the summit of Pike's Peak, and 

 other hi^li ])()iuts in the Rockies, are 

 groups of spruce above the Hne of other 

 tinib.er. 



In the I Hack Hills of South Dakota 

 are forests of I'iiiKS Pt>ndcrosa, the yel- 

 low or bull pine, which tree is not seen 

 to the eastward. 



Along every stream from the Missis- 

 sippi to the sunmiit of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains are found box elder and cotton- 

 wood. 



Throughout Indiana were dense woods 

 of yellow pojjlar, black walnut, beech, 

 catalpa and sugar trees. 



In !Maine the white pine was placed in 

 vast quantities, while in Massachusetts, 

 although the pine and oak exist, yet a 

 preponderance of the wood is of gray 

 birch, scarlet maple, some of the inferior 

 oaks, alder and in places chestnut. 



Notwithstanding the distribution of 

 species of trees by nature, both in the 

 old world and the new, man has asserted 

 the dominion given by God over all 

 herbs, and has transplanted the Sequoias 

 into all portions of the world, and in 

 many instances lias succeeded in grow- 

 ing magnificent specimens. 



The Monterey cypress has been carried 

 to every portion of California and it 

 grows like weeds. 



The white pine is gown by millions in 

 the w'orld's great nurseries. 



The chestnut has been transplanted and 

 is now growing in thousands of localities 

 where it was unknown under the lui- 

 aided guidance of nature. Scientists 

 have dwelt upon the peculiar soils and 

 localities in which certain trees would 

 thrive, drawing their inferences from 

 the special kjcations in which nature 

 placed them. But every nurseryman and 

 tree grower has demonstrated the falsity 

 of such theory l)y practically growing al- 

 most all kinds of trees in every conceiv- 

 able location or character of soil. True, 

 there are some instances where a com- 

 bination of friendly environments are es- 

 sential, but these are exceptions, not the 

 rule of guidance. 



And now, while nature has neglected 

 to direct the aborigines to bring to your 



^taic tlu- oily nut which ihey planted 

 from -Ww ^(lrk southwartl. and west- 

 ward to the edge of the plains, it is left 

 for "'nie While Man's ]jurden" to per- 

 form this service, and the duty should 

 be cheerfully performed, and the walnut 

 planted where it has not grown before. 



If the white pine must struggle for 

 existence with a preponderance of worth- 

 less scrub oaks and birch, then destroy 

 enough of the inferior wood to enable 

 the superior to reach sunlight and gather 

 strength for greater expansion. 



Thousands of acres of forest trees have 

 been planted ujxm the western prairies 

 and plains, where no tree whatever had 

 grown for centuries, yet the dwarf 

 growths on these abandoned farm lands, 

 serving as nurse trees for the protection , 

 of the pine and chestnut, and preparing 

 a fertile soil in which worthier trees may 

 flourish, give to New England an ad- 

 vantage which is entirely unknown on the 

 prairies of the West. 



I fear the farmers of ^Massachusetts 

 do not fully appreciate that wonderful 

 collection of the world's trees at Arnold's 

 Arboretum. I would advise a general 

 pilgrimage to that beautiful spot by the 

 farmers and their families, and also that 

 every school should visit it in a body — 

 to learn how many thousands of trees 

 and shrubs that never before were known 

 to New England have been made to 

 thrive on Massachusetts soil. 



WHien you give these same trees for- 

 est conditions, instead of park arrange- 

 ment, w'here grass must be maintained 

 for appearance sake, and you will suc- 

 ceed still better than you now dream in 

 growing forests for profit on your aban- 

 doned farms. 



During the summer of Kjoi I was re- 

 quested to examine the lands adjacent to 

 the railway on Cape Cod, with a view 

 to determine what might be done to 

 check the shifting sands wdiich threaten 

 to bury portions of the roadbed. 



There is a very large area of this 

 penitisula, which is' now absolutely 

 worthless, yet all can be made to become 

 ])roductive of valuable timber trees, and 

 under the protection of these timber belts 

 may be successfully cultivated with 

 cranberries and crops suitable for sandy 

 locations. 



