NEWS AND NOTES. 



The unprincipled promoters of the eucalyptus game are evi- 

 dently being found out and there is a very striking decline in the 

 number of schemes presented to a gullible public. This is due 

 perhaps to local sentiment in California where most of the ven- 

 tures have been launched, and to the more enlightened attitude of 

 the press in placing eucalyptus culture in the limited field where it 

 belongs. Trade papers have of late assisted in setting people 

 straight on this question. The Hardwood Record in particular 

 has frequently expressed unqualifiedly its opinion of the unscrupu- 

 lous eucalyptus promoters. In a recent issue this paper states 

 that, "One of the more recent legends emanating from some of 

 this cult is the statement that the Pullman Company is employing 

 eucalyptus to the exclusion of mahogany, oak and other high-class 

 woods for the interior finishing of its sleeping and passenger cars, 

 and is substituting eucalyptus with a pretense that it is mahogany. 

 The statement is absolutely without foundation in fact." 



South American countries are usually looked upon as a possible 

 future source of heavy, hardwood timber, but are not credited 

 with any tendency towards forest conservation. A recent con- 

 sular report from Chile indicates that this country at least is 

 taking measures to reduce the destruction of timber, and to 

 reforest certain arid regions. The estimated area of Chile's 

 natural forest is given as about 7,000,000 acres, in addition to 

 which there are about 30,000 acres of planted forests. Exploi- 

 tation is hindered because most of the Chilean timber is very 

 ^eavy and will not float, and because there are few railroads 

 through the timber regions. 



Objection has been made by a large number of the lumbermen 

 and land owners interested in the Adirondacks to the provisions 

 of the State Law of 1909 which requires the lopping of tops of 

 coniferous species in the Adirondack section. The principal ob- 

 jections to the operation of the law may be summarized as fol- 

 lows : 



It is claimed that if the top is not lopped the main portion of 



