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a success in preventing fires, which, if once started, would have 

 devastated the whole of the railway belt." 



In the letter trasmitting the report to the Deputy Minister of the 

 Interior, the Superintendent advises as the next step in industrial 

 advancement the establishment of a forest school, where both 

 theoretical and practical instruction shall be given. Mention is 

 made of the inauguration of the work of examining the reserves 

 and determining the character and amount of standing timber, etc. 



The report, on the whole, shows that progress is being made in 

 promoting the practice of forestry in the Dominion. R. C. B. 



Practical Suggestions for the Massachusetts Tree Planter. By 

 Ralph C. Hawley, Assistant State Forester. Bulletin No. 4, 

 State Forester's Office, Boston, Mass. 23 pp. 



This bulletin was published "to answer many of the numerous 

 questions which are continually being received by the State For- 

 ester in relation to the planting of forest trees." 



In dealing with the subject the author selected five trees, namely,, 

 white pine, chestnut, red oak, white ash, and sugar maple, which 

 he considered the best adapted for planting in the State, and has 

 given full instructions for the collection and sowing of forest tree 

 seeds and the propagation and care of the seedlings in home nurser- 

 ies. The methods and cost of planting are discussed and also the 

 returns which may be expected from plantations of the above spe- 

 cies. Stress is laid upon the necessity of protecting the plantations 

 from fire, two methods being suggested; namely, construction of 

 fire lanes and patroling the plantation during the season when 

 danger from fire is greatest. 



In discussing the collection and storage of white pine seed, the 

 author states that from one pound of seed "the planter may expect 

 to raise on the average about 10,000 seedlings." Such a large num- 

 ber of seedlings from one pound of seed is but seldom secured, ex- 

 cept under very favorable circumstances, even by experienced per- 

 sons, and the amateur may be somewhat discouraged when at the 

 end of the season he finds perhaps but a few hundred seedlings. 

 Many foresters may question the wisdom of advising the average 

 tree planter to attempt to grow his own white pine stock, unless 

 large numbers are required. They are rather difficult to raise, and 

 two or three years' time must elapse before the seedlings are ready 

 for planting on the permanent site. If they could be readily ob- 



