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some large ones with which the commission has had no concern, 

 are taking a practical part in the new movement and practicing 

 forestry. 



This is another way of saying that the public speaking which 

 the State Forester has done, the material furnished to the press, 

 and the specific advice given many property owners, all sup- 

 ported by a fire service which gives security to the forests, is 

 steadily bringing the woodlands of New Jersey into better 

 condition. 



FOREST PLANTING. 



The number of trees planted during the year has apparently 

 been upwards of 200,000, although here again it has been im- 

 possible to get definite figures. But even at the rate of 200,000 

 trees a year it will not be long before North Jersey, where most 

 of the planting is being done, will present an altered aspect. The 

 recommendation of the State Forester in practically every case 

 that planting be confined to evergreen trees is generally accepted, 

 and patches of dark green now show through the snow or 

 amongst the lighter green o>f the deciduous trees on the hill- 

 sides in many directions. Some of the most successful planta- 

 tions have been made on the property of the Newark Water 

 Board near Newfoundland in Passaic county, on the Water 

 Reserve of the city of East Orange in Essex county, in the 

 Essex county parks, and on two private properties near Alla- 

 muchy in Warren county. A considerable aggregate, mainly 

 for landscape effect, however, has also been planted in the Ber- 

 nardsville and Morristown sections. No reproach attaches to 

 South Jersey because tree planting has been resorted to in only 

 a few instances for the reason that there tree planting is less 

 necessary. Property owners in any part of South Jersey can 

 usually be assured of a new forest through natural regenera- 

 tion wherever immunity from fires is secured. 



FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



Work in forest management can also be found on many prop- 

 erties in the State, although it must be admitted that thus far 



