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I should be constrained to oppose it. But not so believing, the papers, with a copy 

 of this letter, have been transmitted to the Department of Justice with the recom- 

 mendation that the pardon be granted. I do this because I think that Mr. Thomas 

 has been sufficiently punished to deter him or other public officers from committing 

 like serious offenses, and because his family needs his support, and not because I 

 think he was in any sense ill-treated or punished beyond his deserts. 



I am also sending a copy of this letter to each person whose letters and petitions 

 were forwarded to me by you. 

 Very sincerely, yours, 



(Signed) GIFFORD PIXCHOT, Forester. 



Progress of Appalachian Survey 



W. W. Ashe has begun in northern Georgia to draw the boundaries of the lands 

 which should be reserved in the southern Appalachian Mountains. This work is 

 being done under the provision included in the Agricultural appropriation act of the 

 last Congress, which provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a careful 

 study of the Appalachian Mountains and report to the next Congress what areas it 

 is important to reserve for forest purposes. The work begun by Mr. Ashe will be 

 continued through all the important portions of the Appalachian Mountains. 



Unique Educational Campaign for Forestry 



Representative R. P. Hobson, of Alabama, has just carried through a unique 

 educational campaign which has resulted in great good for forestry. Captain Hobson 

 secured representatives from four bureaus of the Department of Agriculture, and 

 accompanied them on a tour of his district, speaking on agricultural subjects, to 

 audiences averaging about 350 persons, at 20 different points. The representative 

 from the Forest Service was William L. Hall, Assistant Forester, who found great 

 interest on the part of land owners in proper methods of handling their timber- 

 lands. Two hundred and five applications for woodlot examinations were received 

 as a result of this work. 



DENDROLOGY. 



Notes on the Distribution of Trees. 



[Except when otherwise stated, it is to be understood that observers whose names are given in these 

 notes are members of the Forest Service. Credit is due Miss Mary C. Gannett for assistance in the 

 preparation of these notes from various records. GEO. B. 8.] 



Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana). This species was recently discovered by W. J. 

 Ward at points about 5 miles from the sea in the Coast Range of southern Oregon 

 (Curry County; Sec. 2, T. 38 S., R. 14 W., Sec. 35, T. 37 S., R. 14 W.; elevation, 

 approximately 1,700 feet). Hitherto, sugar pine has not been found in Oregon west 

 of the Siskiyous. 



Eastern Larch (Larix laricina). A new station for the eastern larch, said to have 

 been found by G. C. Bettles in the Yukon Valley, was recently reported by F. C. 

 Schrader, of the U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. Bettles, a pioneer of the region, 

 reported seeing this tree on the middle Koyukuk on and above the Arctic Circle 

 (about latitude 68 W to latitude 67), the farthest north and west it has ever been 

 observed. 



White xpruce (Picea canadensis). The range of white spruce has been considerably 

 extended in Alaska through recent explorations by members of the Forest Service 



