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nation. In the mean time we should apply those words, 

 which although now used indiscriminately in forestry mat- 

 ters, are able to recive a specific technical signification in 

 a confined and appropriate meaning. First among 

 them is the word " forest." It is in English used as being 

 identical with " woods ; " and yet it would be a great lin- 

 guistic improvement, if we would only apply it to those 

 woods, which are cultivated and systematically managed ; 

 and leave the expression " woods" to the wild or natu- 

 rally grown-up woods. We would then very properly 

 speak of the North 'woods of the Adirondacks, but very 

 improperly, when designating them as wild or natural 

 "forests." 



