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to call attention to such little-known trees as might perhaps be 

 cultivated (and, in fact, are already to some extent in Florida 

 and California) successfully, with profit in various ways to our 



Southern States. 



Very respectfully yours, 



C. S. DOLLEY. 



STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY, 

 Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, June 6, 1892. 



PROF. EDWIN J. HOUSTON, 



1809 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 DEAR SIR, I send you a few "notes." The second part 

 will deal with the much larger subject of lands outside of the 

 natural forest districts, suitable only for forest planting, and 

 the species we find most useful thereon. Our experiments 

 with these are practicable and tangible, and I trust will prove 

 of more value than the " glittering generalities" of the accom- 

 panying Part I. 



I will endeavor within a week to give you the balance. 



Very truly yours, 



WM. S. LYON. 



NOTES. 



PART I. 



ON TREES SUITABLE FOR REFORESTATION UPON THE 

 PACIFIC COAST. 



There are portions of the Sierra Nevada Mountains which, 

 by the various processes of surface-mining, have been denuded 

 of their original forest cover, as well as of every vestige of 

 forest floor, i. e., fertile soil. 



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