2 THE ADIRONDACK SPRUCE 
Under this plan instructions were prepared, and 
field-work was begun early in December, 1896, and 
was continued for nearly two months. It was the in- 
tention to confine it chiefly, but not altogether, to Ne- 
Ha-Sa-Ne Park, the property of Dr. Webb. To sup- 
ply data which could not there be obtained, it consisted 
at the outset chiefly in tree-analyses on land belonging 
to the Santa Clara Lumber Company, near Santa Clara, 
Franklin County, N. Y., which was being cut over the 
second time for Spruce. Sincere thanks are due to the 
officers of this company for their constant courtesy and 
most valuable assistance. Mr. Henry S. Graves was 
charged with the execution of the work, and was assisted 
by two volunteers, Mr. U. F. Bender and Mr. Henry 
Farnham, and by two woodsmen hired for the purpose. 
The field work was interrupted for some months, when 
this part of it was completed, and was resumed about 
the middle of May at Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne, Hamilton County, 
N. Y. Mr. Graves was again in charge, and was 
assisted by Messrs. W. McClintock and W. S. Walcott, 
both volunteers. During the first week of July Mr. 
E. M. Griffith replaced Mr. Graves, who had been 
called away on important Government work in the 
West. Mr. Griffith was assisted by Messrs. W. McClin- 
tock, W. S. Walcott, T. H. Sherrard, F. E. Olmsted, 
F. Mosle, G. M. Leupp, and S. Woodruff, all volunteers. 
The work at Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne was completed early in 
September, 1897. The work of stating the results, and 
preparing them for publication, has occupied the inter- 
vening time. Acknowledgments are due to the men 
