416 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Lind justly says, until the last tree has gone. Then the people will be con- 
fronted by gigantic ruin and by the gigantic task to have new life rise from 
the destruction. 
Forestry on a small scale does not pay. It must be done on a large 
scale in order to reimburse the expense of administration and superintend- 
Anice: 
Expense, per acre, for reforestation with pine, $10.00, accumulating 
in 607 yedrs,.at. 3. per cent. to: .....\. «00cm eam Sets Oe ee $58.9 
Taxes and protection, per annum, $.05, accumulating in 60 years at 3 
per Cent) tot sens 8. Oa eee ee ee eee 8.15 
Total aecrued expefise. : oo.) oi) SSeS te eee $67.05 
If the value of the timber raised in the course of 60 years is $67.05, then 
the people have made 3 per cent on their investment, the land is restored 
to productiveness, and the $67.05 worth of stumpage can be converted by the 
wage earner into, say, $670.50 worth of commodities. 
I think few people have ever seen white pine or spruce forests raised 
artificially, by planting seed or seedlings. I have seen them, at Frankford, 
at Lindenfels and all over Saxony, Wurtemberg, etc., etc. Whosoever 
cares to see them, should take a trip through Austria’s and Germany’s 
forests. We shall see that artificial forests are more densely stocked and 
contain a higher quality of timber than natural forests. We shall see that 
reforestation of cut-over lands is a remunerative investment. 
LANDSCAPE ART AND THE RAILROAD STATION. 
PROF, S. B. GREEN, MINN. STATE EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Shakespeare says that “the apparel oft proclaims the man,” 
and while there are many exceptions to this yet in a general way 
it is very true. In the same way railway stations in some sections 
of our country may often be taken as an index of the character of 
the people of their locality. In Massachusetts and some of the 
other eastern states some of the railroads pay especial attention to 
making their railway stations and grounds ornamental, in the be- 
lief that it appeals to a certain longing for the beautiful in their 
patrons and to a superior class of people. Perhaps no railroad in 
the world is more remarkable for this feature than the Boston & 
Albany Railroad, in Massachusetts. This road employs a skilled 
gardener to have general oversight of the grounds about its railway 
stations and many men to attend to the details, and when a new 
station is located it is not merely the matter of convenience of loca- 
tion which is considered but also the opportunity of making its 
surroundings attractive, and the architecture and plantings are made 
to form one harmonious whole. It would be difficult to accomplish 
this were the freight stations and the passenger stations in the 
