THE FLORIST 13 



New York State College of Agriculture. Autumn in the Flower 



Garden. 



How the Plant Produces Seed. 



Stanford University Committee on Vocational Guidance. 



Vocational Information, 20 and 21 , floriculture. 

 Wilkinson, J. W. Practical Agriculture, chap, xxv, flower 



gardening. 



6. THE FORESTER 



1. Importance: The preservation of the forests determines the 

 beautifying of the earth, a perpetual supply of timber for 

 building, heating, and other purposes, and the maintenance of 

 the flow of streams which yield our water supply. The United 

 States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, State 

 Forest Commissions, cities and towns, railroads, lumber com- 

 panies, and private concerns now employ trained foresters. The 

 Forest Service alone employs nearly 4000 men, although not 

 all of them are technically trained. There are also a few con- 

 sulting foresters who conduct private offices. 



2. Work done. Planting and caring for forests and for trees in 

 public parks or highways; selecting and cutting out trees for 

 wood and lumber; making maps of forest areas and determin- 

 ing the amount and value of standing timber; protecting 

 forests from fire and from diseases and insects by spraying and 

 other preventive measures; surveying and building roads and 

 bridges; managing forest lands. 



3. Advantages: Life out-of-doors; opportunity for the study of 

 nature; opportunity for travel in many cases; the good earn- 

 ings and repute of the occupation; the permanency of employ- 

 ment under the Civil Service for those in public positions; the 

 satisfaction of high professional public service. 



4. Disadvantages : Long periods of living in the woods, away from 

 one's home; the need of shifting about, frequently, from place 

 to place; the necessity in most cases of establishing a home in 

 a small community; the hard physical labor often called for in 

 forest service; exposure to all extremes of weather. 



5. Preparation: Graduation from high school, college, or technical 

 school, and from a school of forestry; practical experience in 



