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by 500,000 by the shipments for spring planting, and increased by 

 45,000 ornamental plants imported from France and Holland and 

 by 200,000 privet cuttings. The nursery area has been increased 

 by additions of about 5 acres to a total of 38 acres, and in the old 

 nursery and additions the planting this spring comprises approxi- 

 mately 250 bushels of red oak acorns and 50 pounds of coniferous 

 seed; while about 300,000 one-year-old conifers will be trans- 

 ferred to transplant beds. The extensive experiments in fall " 

 planting made last year indicate that in the climate of Pennsyl- 

 vania both nursery and field planting can be carried on most 

 successfully in the spring. 



President Taft's appointment of Hon. Curtis Guild, ex-gover- 

 nor of Massachusetts and President of the American Forestry 

 Association, as Ambassador to Russia, is well received and is a 

 deserved tribute to Mr. Guild's work and ability. The members 

 of the American Forestry Association, however, and particularly 

 the Board of Directors, will keenly regret losing the head of their 

 Association, for under Mr. Guild's leadership new life and spirit 

 have been injected into the Association and its magazine, and 

 several plans for increasing the scope and value of the work are 

 being carried out. Not only is the Board more active than for 

 years past, but an Executive Committee is at work, headed by Dr.. 

 Woodward, President of the Carnegie Institute, and an advisory 

 board of editors has been appointed to direct the policy and 

 broaden the field of the magazine. The Association and magazine 

 under the new regime deserves the support of the technical 

 foresters because it is really for the furtherance of their work 

 and powers that this voluntary public service organization is main- 

 tained. 



Under the New Jersey Act of 1909, the railroads of the State 

 have constructed approximately 300 miles of fire lines, this work 

 having been done entirely at the cost of the railroads. The work 

 during the past year has been practically voluntary on the part of 

 the railroads, owing to the question as to the constitutionality of 

 the law, but railroad officials seem agreed that in the pine section 

 of the State at least, these fire lines are of great practical value, 

 and their construction will no doubt be continued even if the law 

 is not upheld in the courts. Almost no fires have been started 

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