No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 



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(a) General Forest Seedlings distributed. 

 In order to awaken interest and distribute seedlings through- 

 out the State, notices were sent to all newspapers of the State, 

 asking them to print the following offer from the State Fores- 

 ter: — 



Seedling Forest Trees Available. — F. W. Rane, State Forester, State 

 House, Boston, gives notice that he can distribute, to a limited number 

 of those who apply, 150 white pine and 150 white ash, two-year-old 

 trees, suitable for setting out for forest purposes. Send $1 with order. 

 Express charges will be advanced. No orders received after April 30. 

 One order only per person, as the object is to disseminate them quite 

 generally. Should the supply become exhausted, the money will be 

 returned. 



Set the plants where they are to grow, 6 by 6 feet apart, as soon as 

 they are received. Do not allow the roots to get dry. 



It is hoped that this one-fourth-acre planting will create an interest 

 in doing more planting later. It is understood that these seedlings are 

 to be planted in Massachusetts. 



In response to this offer, one hundred and twenty and one- 

 half orders were sent out, as indicated in the following table : — 



Two orders. 



