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SERVICE NOTES FOR OCTOBER 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for Forest officers, and 

 will therefore be carefully read and kept on file for reference. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER 



DENDROLOGY 



Regarding California Chaparral Nomenclature 



A nomenclature of chaparral has never been adopted by the Forest Service except 

 in the case of some species listed among the trees. The matter will be taken up at a 

 later date, but in the meantime the following memorandum will be found useful, as 

 it covers some cases in California in which there has been confusion: 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS MANZANITA not Arctostaphylos pungens. 



ACTAEA ARGUTA not Osmorrhizo, nuda. 



BACCHARIS CONSANGUINE A not Aplopappus parry i. 



CEANOTHUS THYRSIFLORUS not Ceanothus andersoni. 



CERCOCARPUS PARVTFOLIUS not Cercocarpus parvifolius betulaefolius. 



ERICAMERIA MICROPHYLLA not Aplopappus ericoides. * 



LOTUS GLABER not Hosackia glabra. 



RISES MALVACEUM not Ribes sanguineum. 



SALVIA MELLIFERA not Audibertia stachyoides. 



SALVIA LEUCOPHYLLA not Audibertia nivea. 



STENOTUS LINEARIFOLIUS not Aplopappus linearifolius. 



.SYMPHORICARPUS RACEMOstrs not Symphoricarpus dumosus. 



Full Data with Dendrological Specimens- 

 Many dendrological specimens are sent without full data to the Forest Service to 

 lie identified. It is important to give the fullest information possible regarding all 

 specimens, whether of wood, bark, leaves, or fruit. When the specimen is collected 

 from a tree or shrub the time and place of collection, altitude, character of soil, aspect, 

 approximate age and diameter, and the part of the plant from which the specimen 

 is taken should be given. Wood specimens should be accompanied by a statement 

 as to whether they were obtained from a pile of lumber, articles of furniture, struc- 

 tural materials, finished woodwork, etc. It is particularly important to state where 

 the wood was cut. 



LAW 



Damages for Destruction of Young Growth Awarded- 

 On September 7, 1910, the case of the United States v. C. O. Bailey, receiver for the 

 Missouri Pacific and Northwestern Railway , and the Title Guarantee Surety Company 

 involving a demand by the United States of the value of timber killed and injured by 

 the negligence of the railway company, and the cost of reseeding certain of the area 

 burned over, was submitted to the jury in the district of South Dakota. The original 

 demand was for $3,728.85. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the United States 

 for $3,659.40, including $1,094.40 for the cost of replanting the area burned over, together 

 with the cost of caring for the trees until they should reach the age of those destroyed. 



