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years past he has been consulted profes- 

 sionally by railroad companies and others 

 interested in protecting and replanting the 

 forests. Mr. Brown recently has issued 

 a very handsome book dealing with the 

 subject, which is dedicated to General 

 Palmer. It treats on all practical sub- 

 jects of forestry, such as how the forests 

 influence climate, control the winds, pre- 

 vent floods and sustain national pros- 

 perity. It is a complete text-book for 

 railway engineers, manufacturers, lum- 

 bermen and farmers on subjects of a prac- 

 tical nature. It discusses how to plant for 

 rapid production of lumber, cross-ties, 

 telegraph poles, and other timbers. 



Mr. Brown has decided views on the 

 subject of proper trees for this semi-arid 

 region, and is particularly attracted to the 

 Northern species of catalpa. The South- 

 ern varieties are not suited to the climate, 

 and he advises great care in seeking seed 

 and planting. It should only be planted 

 under a six thousand feet elevation. At 

 Grand Junction the results with the ca- 

 talpa have been splendid. 



The subject is so vast and the book 

 treats it so critically that it must be ex- 

 amined to be fully appreciated. The illus- 

 trations are very fine, and the most beau- 

 tiful colored plate was made by a Denver 

 firm. — Denver Republican. 



IN A RAILWAY WRECK. 



A VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR 

 THE EDITOR OF ARBORICULTURE. 



It was not in a boastful spirit that, in 

 a recent issue of this journal, I stated 

 that, after five hundred thousand miles' 

 travel I had never been in an accident 

 on the railway. I then called attention 

 to the many thousand trains loaded with 



passengers, leaving each of the great 

 cities, at terminal points, every day in 

 the year, and the enormous number of 

 passengers safely carried in the course 

 of a year, the proportionate number of 

 accidents of serious character, and the 

 comparatively small number of peop: . 

 killed and injured, was a wonderful and 

 creditable achievement by the American 

 railway companies. 



On June 6, however, we were in a 

 wreck on the Southern Railway, ten 

 miles from Asheville, N, C. 



Our train was making forty miles an 

 hour along this beautiful French Broad 

 Line when, in rounding a point, or a 

 rather sharp curve, we felt a sudden jar, 

 which cotild not be mistaken. Instantly 

 there was another shock when the train 

 stopped. 



I looked out the window and saw our 

 engine and three baggage cars over- 

 turned and lying in the river. 



Hastening forward to see if assistance 

 was needed, we found that the engineer 

 and fireman had been thrown far out 

 into the river, and had safely swam 

 ashore, no person having been seriously 

 hurt. 



Beyond a few hours' delay there was 

 no inconvenience to any of the passen- 

 gers. 



For a man whose business has for 

 several years compelled him to travel 

 more than a thousand miles every week, 

 and often double that distance, and in 

 more than fifty years of travel to see but 

 one wreck, and no one seriously injured 

 on that occasion, speaks words for the 

 safety of American railway service. 

 However, as Americans are starving for 

 exciting news, and wood pulp is so freely 

 used in daily papers, which must be 

 filled, of course every accident, highly 

 magnified, is told to everybody. 



