Fig. 2533. A Beautiful Site for Park or Plkasuke Gkounds. 



OUE OLD FOREST TREES 



THE engraving's which accompany these 

 remarks are taken from the Third 

 Annual Report of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association, a volume which is of great 

 value to Ontario fruit growers and farmers, 

 and may be had free of charge from Mr. E. 

 Stewart, Dominion Superintendent of For- 

 estry, Ottawa. The scene in Fig. 2533 is 

 one that was taken in a Canadian forest 

 some forty years ago, and shows the old 

 style of lumbering, with the "caboose" in 

 which the lumbermen slept and cooked their 

 meals, and which was heated by a fireplace 

 of earth in the centre. Interest in the pic- 

 ture is added in view of the fact that on the 

 recent visit of the Prince of Wales to Otta- 

 wa, a shanty of this class was erected for 

 his entertainment, to show the character of 

 a lumber camp in Canada. 



This illustration also serves to point out 

 to our residers what unfortunate lack of fore- 

 thought has hitherto characterized the lum- 

 berman's work in Ontario ; what utter dis- 

 regard of the future beauty of the landscape. 



Here, for example, is a magnificent location 

 for a home or a public park, which is being 

 ruined because no one in authority thinks 

 far enough ahead to take into consideration 

 anything more important than present con- 

 venience. 



The new settler who has taken up his 

 farm in " New Ontario " is guilty of similar 

 thoughtlessness, and begins to clear a place 

 on which to build his house by destroying 

 all forest trees about it. Grand old maples, 

 elms and pines are recklessly cut and burned, 

 which, if left in groups around the boundar- 

 ies of the house yard or in singb specimens 

 here and there, at the side and rear, would 

 in time come to be recognized as the chief 

 ornaments of the homestead, and worth 

 hundreds of dollars each. 



The very abundance of these magnificent 

 giants of the forest in Ontario lead to their 

 wanton destruction, while on the vast naked 

 plains of the great North-west, what would 

 the settler not give to have these fine old 

 trees with which to shade his home and give 



