Canadian Forestry) Journal, November, 1919 



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and willows are distributed as unrooted cuttings. 

 In addition to the trees and cuttings a very 



considerable amount of maple, ash, and cara- 

 gana seed is sent out when a sufficient supply is 

 available. It is a very easy matter to grow 

 these three kinds from seed, and many farmers 

 find it more convenient to raise their own seed- 

 lings than to have them sent directly from the 

 nursery. This is especially the case where the 

 farmer lives a long way from the railway with 

 a poor mail service. Under such conditions a 

 shipment of trees may remain at the express 

 station for several days before notification 

 reaches him and the chances are that the young 

 plants may become heated or dried up before 

 they can be set out. 



Encouragement is also given to planting trees 

 around rural schools, and considerable numbers 

 of trees have been supplied for this purpose. 

 In Saskatchewan the Provincial Department of 

 Education is actively co-operating with the For- 

 estry Branch in endeavoring to interest the trus- 

 tees of the various schools, and all applications 

 for trees for rural schools in the province are 

 made through the Department of Education, the 

 school inspectors undertaking to see that the 

 ground is properly prepared and that as far as 

 possible proper care of the trees is given after 

 planting. 



A large number of bulletins are distributed 

 each season, and recently Bulletin No. 1 , "Tree- 



Planting on the Prairies," has been published 

 in revised form. Copies may be had free on 

 application to the Forest Nursery Station, In- 

 dian Head, Saskatchewan. 



On each of the Forestry Branch Nursery Sta- 

 tions a considerable portion of the grounds is 

 planted out to ornamental shrubs, flowers, and 

 lawns as a demonstration of results that may be 

 secured under prairie conditions in the way of 

 beautifying the farm grounds. No ornamental 

 shrubs or flowers, however, are sent out from 

 the nurseries. 



TELEPHONE LINES IN N B. 



Col. T. G. Loggie, Deputy Minister of Lands 

 and Mines, New Brunswick, announces that the 

 construction of the telephone line up the Nep- 

 isiquit river from Bathurst, which has been de- 

 layed by the non-arrival of the wire until a 

 few days ago, has now been commenced and 

 several miles of line has already been strung. 

 This line will benetrate about 70 miles from 

 Bathurst into the very centre of the province 

 and is part of the palicy of constructing woods 

 telephone lines and lookouts in the interests of 

 better fire protection in New Brunswick. The 

 construction is being carried out by the Bathurst 

 Lumber Company according to a standard 

 agreed on, and the cost is equally divided be- 

 tween the Forest Service and the Bathurst Lum- 

 ber Company. 



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