The Great Miramichi Fir*. 



SI 



lesB I Bee of it, for its multiplit'd uiid 

 variouH horrorH, ititorvening between the 

 viHion and the picture, wrap the whole 

 in impenetrable gloom. 



KeHtinj; on the indulgence of thone who 

 have been kind enough to patroni/.e this 

 work, it may not be improper to Mtate 

 that I WHH, lit the time of the 'Great 

 Fire,' residing within u mile of Newcaatle. 

 If my opinion be entitled to any conaid- 



eration, that in itn candid exprewion: A 

 greater calamity than the Are which hap- 

 pened in Miramichi ne%'er Itefell any forrMt 

 country, and han been rarely esrellnl in 

 the annalH of any other; and the general 

 character of the acene waa ancb that all 

 it required to complete a picture of the 

 (Senerul Judgment waa the blast of a 

 trumpet, the voice of the archangel and 

 the reaurrection of the dead. 



A Tract of Country Burned over in the Miramichi Fire and never satisfactorily re- 

 forested. 



DR. WM. SAUNDEBS RESIGNS. 



Members of the Ciinndian Forestry As- 

 sociation noted with much interest the 

 resignation, from his post as Director of 

 Kxperimental Farms, of Dr. Wm. Saun- 

 ders, C. M. (J., who has held that 

 position since the establishment of the 

 Dominion Kxperimental F'nrms in 18S6. Dr. 

 Saunders has shown a keen interwt in the 

 Cnnadian Forestry Association since its 

 organi>:ation, and was for .some years one 

 of its Board of Directors. Long prior to 

 the foundation of the Asso<'iation lie had 

 shown liis interest in the iiroblems of af- 

 forestation and the growing of forest 

 trees. On the Central Kxperimental Farm 

 at Ottawa experimental work in the plant- 

 ing of forest trees was commenced in 

 188S, two years after its inception, and 

 on the other farms within a short time 

 nfter their establishment. The work, 

 especially, of the Kxperimental Farms at 

 Brandon. Man., iiml liulian Hi'iul. Snsk., 



Iai<l the foundations of the extensive 

 plantings made on the homesteads all 

 through the prairie provinces, under the 

 direction of the Dominion Forestry 

 Branch. Dr. Saunders* resignation took 

 effect on March Slst, and he will leave 

 Ottawa in May for a holiday tour in 

 Kurojte. His many friends will wish him 

 not only a pleasant holiday, but also 

 many years of well-earneti rest. Mr. .1. If. 

 (Jrisdale, B. Agr., for some years agricul- 

 turist at the C'entrnl Experimental Farm, 

 has been appointed Dirwtor of Kxperi- 

 mental Farms in Dr. Saunders' place. 



FOREST BANGERS MEET. 



The annual meeting of the forest rang- 

 ers on the Dominion forest reserves waa 

 this year held at Saskatoon, Sauk., OB 

 .•\pril 4. when a number of questions of 

 interest in regard to the management of 

 the n^serves were discussed. 



