220 Forestry Quarterly. 



for some of the Company's future requirements in timber and 

 cross ties. This constitutes the largest forestry plan yet under- 

 taken by any private corporation. 



Heretofore the Company's forestry operations have been con- 

 fined to a limited area between Philadelphia and Altoona. This 

 year, however, 65,000 trees are being set out on tracts of land 

 near Metuchen and New Brunswick, N. J. In addition, there 

 are to be planted within the next month 207,000 trees near Cone- 

 wago, Pa., 186,000 in the vicinity of Van Dyke, 334,000 at Lewis- 

 town Junction, 7,000 at Pomeroy, and 205,000 at Denholm. 



The bare places in the locust tree plantations, which were 

 started some years ago are being filled in with new seedlings, in 

 order that these may follow as a second growth after the older 

 trees have been removed for fence posts and other purposes. Of 

 the trees that are to be set out this spring, 893,000 are red oak, 

 40,000 Scotch pine, 29,000 locust, 14,000 hardy catalpa, 14,000 

 pin oak, 5,000 European larch, 3,000 chestnut, 3,000 yellow pop- 

 lar, 2,000 black walnut, and 1,000 white pine. 



The policy of encouraging reforestration on the part of the 

 public has been actively pursued this spring. Some 151,000 trees 

 have been furnished practically at cost, to private corporations 

 and individuals. In addition, 8,000 privet hedge plants have been 

 supplied to private individuals. Privet hedge plants to the num- 

 ber of 7,000 are to be set out to ornament boundary lines along 

 the Company's right of way. 



A special effort has been directed this season to growing orna- 

 mental shrubbery for use in parking the lawns around stations 

 and unoccupied spaces along the roadway. To save the time 

 required to grow these from seed, 6,000 plants have been im- 

 ported from France. They will be placed in beds, at the Com- 

 pany's nursery at Morrisville, N. J. Part of them will be ready 

 for transplanting next year and the remainder in 191 1. 



Indicative of the scope of the forestry plan of the Company 

 this year is the fact that at the Morrisville nursery alone, approxi- 

 mately 1,250,000 trees have been dug, bundled and shipped to 

 places along the railroad. The area occupied by these trees has 

 been plowed, fertilized and is to be re-planted with about 200 

 bushels of acorns. Half a million coniferous seedlings, which 

 were grown last year, are being set in transplant beds, to remain 

 for a year before being set out permanently. In addition to the 



