22 REPORT OF THE FOREST COMMISSION. 



FOREST PLANTING. 



The conception that forestry begins and ends with tree plant- 

 ing is wide of the mark. Nine-tenths of the world's forests un- 

 der management were started and are maintained with little or 

 no planting. This is no argument against planting where that 

 is the only means to get forests, as on the prairies, in the North- 

 ern States where fire has wiped out the old forest, in our own 

 territory where forest is desirable on land that has once been 

 cleared. Figs. 16, 17. But we are so fortunate as still to be able to 

 have forest in almost any place where forest is desirable by 

 simply protecting the remnant of the old forest and fostering 

 the volunteer growth. Planted forest is better, of course, but it 

 costs so much more than natural forest that under present con- 

 ditions it usually is wiser to depend upon the latter. Neverthe- 

 less, forest trees are planted in North Jersey in considerable 

 number, many of the plantings being made under the direction 

 of the state foresters. With only partial figures of what has 

 been done it is apparent that close to half a million young trees, 

 mostly conifers as they should be, have been set out within a 

 few years. This looks pretty large though in reality it em- 

 braces only about 500 acres. 



For the guidance of those who have opportunities to plant, 

 or wish to go into the subject more fully, a. bulletin Forest 

 Planting in New Jersey has been published and will be mailed 

 free upon request. See also p. 26. 



STATE FOREST RESERVES. 



The area of the forest reserves remains as follows : 



Mays Landing Reserve, Atlantic Co. Map in Report 1907 373 acres 



Bass River Reserve, Burlington Co. Map in Report 1907 1,633 acres 



Lebanon Reserve, Burlington Co. Map in Report 1907 3,498 acres 



Mount Laurel Reserve, Burlington Co. No map published 20 acres 



Penn Reserve, Burlington Co. Map in Report 1911 2,764 acres 



Edward C- Stokes Reserve, Sussex Co. Map in Report 1907 5,432 acres 



Total 1 3,720 acres 



