December 28, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



A Well Gkow.n White Cyclamex 



FORESTS AS WAR MEMORIALS. 



Town memorial forests in honor of 

 the men who have taken part in the 

 war are suggested by Massachusetts 

 State Forester F. W. Rane as part of 

 a plan for an "over the top" move- 

 ment to improve the woodlands of 

 this State. He has asked town clerks 

 to incorporate an article to this effect 

 in the warrants for their annual town 

 meetings. He also is sending a pub- 

 lic letter to "Friends of Forestry" ask- 

 ing assistance in the "over the top" 

 forestry undertaking. 



It is Professor Rane's idea to give 

 wholesome remunerative outdoor work 

 to returning soldiers who desire It. 



He says that the Forestry Depart- 

 ment stands ready to give personal 

 advice and assistance to individuals 

 as well as to towns, and will go so 

 far as to accept gifts subject to the 



approval of the Governor and Council 

 in establishing State memorial forests 

 should anyone interested desire to 

 finance the same. Forests can be 

 established in many sections of the 

 State for from $20 to ?40 an acre. 

 This includes purchase of land, cost 

 of trees and labor of planting. 



"It will be remembered that when 

 the State forester was given $100,000 

 by the Legislature a few years ago to 

 aid the unemployed the work was 



planned and carried out well, with 

 good results. With physically fit, red 

 blooded young Americans, who prefer, 

 for the time being at least, an out- 

 door life, it is believed a great amount 

 of really good forestry work could be 

 done. Practically three-fifths of the 

 acreage in this State is forest land. 

 Much of this area is practically scrub 

 growth, and much of the remainder 

 needs planting or renovating. The 

 State forester has five State forests 

 recently acquired in different parts of 

 the State where a large amount of 

 planting should be done next spring. 

 Fortunately we have a fine quantity 

 of nursery stock in our nurseries 

 ready for use. 



