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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, jq20. 



in aerial photo£>Taphy. Tliis has been 

 done by dividing the smaller squares 

 illustrated, ap^ain into twenty-five 

 squares designated by the letters a to 

 z (omitting- the 'i'). This division 

 provides an area slijghtly less than a 

 mile square, whicli in connection 

 witli aerial survey is a very practic- 

 able size. 



In the g-nomonic map illustrated, 

 the slight decrease in the east nnd 

 "west dimension of the divisions, ow- 

 ing to the convergence of the uT-ri- 

 dians, is given for each degree. On > 

 degree of longitude at 45°N being 49 

 miles (statute) and at 52°N being 

 42.7 miles. The dimension north and 

 south is, of course, constant. 



Similar methods can readily be 

 adopted for other parts of Canada 

 and areas between meridians 60° W 

 and 80° W would be referred to with 

 the prefix Eastern, between 8o°^^' 

 and T00°W as Middle, between 

 ioo°W and T20°W as Western, and 

 between I20°W nd I40°W as Pacific. 



MUNICIPAL SHADE TREE AND 

 SHRUB NURSERIES. 



Russell, Man. 

 To the Canadian Forestry Journal. 



The following suggestion is intend- 

 ed to apply mainly to the three 

 Prairie provinces but might be adopt- 

 ed elsewhere with advantage. 



The suggestion is to establish in 

 each municipality a small shade tree 

 2nd ornamental shrub nursery, where 

 the people could come and get what 

 shade trees and shrubs they required. 

 Of one hundred people in the West. 

 one or two ardent tree lovers might 

 invest in nursery stock from distant 

 nurseries. The others wont but the 

 "Ninety and Nine," if they can get 

 what they want within a reasonable 

 distance, and where there need be no 

 delay between the nursery nncl the 

 planting, will take advantage of it to 

 the full, and that with the chance of 

 far greater success than the nursery 

 stock, after the vicissitudes of the 

 journey with its inherent delays, al_ 

 most certainly a week, and very prob- 

 ably longer, between the nursery and 



the ])lanting. 



As Uj the nursery itself: A •^mall 

 ])lot of good land, clean and well 

 cultivatefl. \Vater must be available. 

 A six-foot board fence to act as fence 

 and windbreak until the nursery 

 grew its own hedge and windbreak, 

 but all advantage should be taken of 

 any shelter availal)lc. 



An expert's advice would be of 

 great benefit at the beginning and 

 perhaps the Experimental Farms, the 

 Provincial Government or the seeds- 

 man might be able and willing to help. 

 The cost need not be great. The land. 

 lal)or, fencing, a small shed for tools, 

 etc., perhaps a well and a few pounds 

 of tree and shrub seeds, a garden seed 

 drill and the requisite tools. 



Such is my "suggestion." 



The writer is no horticulturist and 

 the idea may be crudely put, but the 

 basic idea is there, and that is to put 

 within easy reach of the people what 

 I think they need and very much de- 

 sire, but are never likely to get unless 

 some such scheme is adopted. 



"Utility and Beauty." 



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