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MISCELLANEOUS. 



The intensity of the practice of forestry in 



Virgin Europe threatens to do away with every bit 



Timber of original or virgin timber growth. The 



Reservations. desirability of preserving some remnants of 



natural conditions for the study of plant ge- 

 ography and ecology, as well as for sentimental interest, is argued 

 by Glutz before the Swiss Forestry Association with a view to se- 

 cure such reservations. Our national parks and those of Canada are 

 cited as attempting such preservation of original conditions. As 

 other examples of virgin forest reservations are cited: Brandlehaw 

 Park in Cumberland, England, of 125 acres; several parks in 

 France, especially at Fontainebleu (4,000 acres), at Compiegne 

 (1,800 acres), at Grande-Chartreuse (360 acres); in Austria, Count 

 Schwarzenberg's at Kubany, Bohemia (125 acres, see description in 

 Forestry Quarterly^ Vol. II, p. 274) ; and Count von Liechten- 

 stein's park, set aside two years ago in Silesia (over 400 acres). A 

 few small areas in Oldenburg, in Prussia, and in Bavaria are still 

 virgin woods, as well as in Switzerland, the reservation of v^^hich is 

 demanded. 



Motion betreffend Schaffiing von Urwald-Reservationen. 

 Schweizerische Zeitschrift fiir Forstwesen. June, 1906, pp. 184 ff. 



It is estimated by E. Stewart, Dominion 

 Forestry Superintendent of Forestry, that of the 



on 2,656,200 acres of land in Canada under 



Dominion Lands. the control of the Dominion Government, 

 1,406,200 acres are more or less wooded. 

 Supposing only one-fifth of this wooded area to be commercial for- 

 est, containing an average stand of 2,000 feet per acre, with a 

 stumpage of $1 per thousand, the value of its timber to the govern- 

 ment is not less than $359,987,200. This sum, however, represents 

 but a small percentage of the actual worth, since the value of the 

 smaller growing timber is disregarded, as is the importance of the 

 forest in conserving the lakes and streams and in furnishing shelter 

 for game and fur-bearing animals. 



Fire is the greatest source of damage to the forest. The system 

 of forest patrol started in 1901 on Dominion lands has proved very 

 effective, particularly in the railway belt of British Columbia. 



A systematic examination of forest reserves has been begun. Gov- 



