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MAKING THE EARTH TO BRING FORTH FRUITS 



Reeve William J. Holden, of Collingwood, Ontario, is one of hundreds of Canadians 

 who puts his forestry gospel into practice. Mr. Holden was asked by the Ontario Minister 

 of Agriculture over five years ago to make a trial of reforestation in Nottawasaga. The 

 ground was prepared and in the following spring with the aid of studsnts from the 

 Agricultural College, 16,000 seedlings were planted. An exceptional drought the next 

 year reduced the plants to 12,000. There are about 8,000 pines, the remainder being 

 walnuts, chestnuts, locusts and cedars. 



Mr. Holden has been doing valuable missionary work in Sirricoe County, Ontario. 

 Under his mspiration the County Council appointed a Committee which recently advised 

 the purchase of four plots of 50 acres each for purposes of tree planting. As with Simcoe 

 County, so with every other county in Eastern Ontario: at least 25 per cent should have 

 been "cultivated" for tree crops. The farmer's woodlot, however, has been the poor 

 relation of the agricultural family. Soils have not been properly classified, with the result 

 that millions of acres have been mistakenly deprived of their natural forest cover with no 

 chance whatever of raising any crop other than timber. The vast areas of drifting sand 

 dunes in Ontario and Quebec are just two of the logical consequences. 



A CIVIC PLAN FOR STREET TREES 



By B. R. Morion, B.Sc.F., Dominion Forestry Branch; 

 Author of "Native Trees of Canada". 



Every-Man-for-Himself Means a Hodge-Podge 



of Tree Planting. — Expert Oversight 



Essential. 



It is unfortunate that in so many of our Cana- 

 dian towns and cities the work of caring for and 

 planting of street trees is not systematically car- 

 ried out. Instead of having a properly organ- 

 ized municipal shade tree department the work 

 is too often left to the individual property owner 

 with results which are far from satisfactory. The 

 individual is perhaps not to blame for the re- 

 sults. He is spending time and money from 

 which the public as a whole will benefit, but he is 

 working without instructions. 



A Treeless Town! 



TTie value of shade trees to a town or city is 

 inestimable. Well cared-for trees in the street 

 and parks contribute immensely to civic pride 

 and patriotism. They are one of the greatest 

 aids to the attractiveness of a community. A 

 treeless town cannot be beautiful although it 



possess many fine buildings. A street of plain 

 tenement houses can be made attractive by the 

 uniform planting of trees to break the harshness 

 of the bare rows. Visitors to a city are im- 

 pressed as much by the city's trees as by its 

 buildings, and are influenced by them in de- 

 ciding if the city is a desirable one in which 

 to live. Trees are an asset, adding value to 

 property. From the standpoint of health and 

 comfort well shaded streets are desirable, for 

 they modify the temperature on the hottest days 

 by cutting off the direct rays of the sun. 

 A Street Tree Department. 

 To obtain the best results the work of pUntlng 

 and caring for the trees should be entrusted to a 

 special department. This department should be 

 responsible for the selection of suitable species 

 and proper spacing as well as the protectioii and 



