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in, say the last five years, who are ambitious enough to want the 

 Quarterly, if it were only presented to them by their Forest Ser- 

 vice Supervisor, or any of the older men near them. I shall take 

 a try at starting aright in that particular direction as many as 

 possible of our graduates of this year. I think, many, like myself, 

 have not bestirred themselves only because they have not realized 

 that any assistance was needed. Put it up to us." 



We must congratulate Mr. Higgs at the success of his methods 

 of making stem analysis, especially in the fly-season, or in winter 

 weather so easy and satisfactory. Nobody who has done such 

 work will underrate the value of this simple process. A large 

 number of such nature prints have been submitted to the Editor 

 by the inventor, and every one may be pronounced perfect, even 

 those of such ill-defined growths as Alder and Cherry. 



The subject of nomenclature, which was lately raised in these 

 pages is one pressing for closer attention as the development of 

 professional writing goes on. We are struck in this number by 

 a case of singular misuse of conceptions when the writer of one 

 of the articles declares the Shelterwood system to be really a 

 "clear cutting system." It is certainly not clear to us what "clear" 

 means ! The reason given, that the resulting crop is nearly even- 

 aged seems to us to have nothing to do with the term "clear." 

 We are afraid that Prof. Graves is responsible for this mixing up 

 of terms, when in his valuable book on silviculture he calls the 

 "seed tree" method a clear cutting method. A re-opening of the 

 subject of nomenclature would, it appears, be timely. 



A curious result of interference with the natural channels of 

 trade has come to our ears which is worth recording. A few 

 years ago men of the Forest Service proclaimed the proper price 

 for Jack Pine seed to be $3.00 per pound, which was much below 

 the market price. This discrepancy led many people into the 

 business of supplying this seed cheaply. The price dropped to 

 $2.00 per pound and most of the Cheap Johns dropped out too. 

 The price is now again $6.00. 



