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THE TRAVELLING FORESTER. 



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THE TRAVELLING FORESTER. 



THE HIMALAYAS. 



THE eyes of mankind have been looking to the great mountain 

 barrier of India, fearful lest the dogs of war be there let 

 loose on their savage mission. But as foresters we can enjoy the 

 solitude of these eternal snows from a technical point of view ; 

 for there are goodly trees yet to be utilized when means of trans- 

 liort are commercially available. The botanist may find infinite 

 variety in a district great as France, for the range is 1500 miles 

 long, while weeks of travel must be spent to cross it. It presents 



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room and scope enough for yet many unique additions to adorn 

 our hot-houses, rock-gardens, and shrubbeiies. The exaggeration.s 

 in shape and colour of the saxifrages nestling above the snow 

 limit, and the deeper green of the magnificent forest monarchs 

 beneath it, may attract the specialist ; while the lover of the 

 beautiful, in the combined influences of snowy mountain peak with 

 such a varied flora, mav luxuriate here for many days. 



