1 r* VERY tree is beautiful, every grove 

 F^/ is pleasant, and every forest is 

 grand. The planting and care of 

 trees -'are exhilarating and a pledge of faith 

 in the future; but these aesthetic features, 

 though elevating, are incidental. The 

 people need wood. They have had it in 

 abundance and have been prodigal in its 

 use, as we are too often careless of bless- 

 ings which seem to have no end. Our 

 history, poetry Tand romance are inti- 

 mately associated with the woods. Our 

 industries have developed more rapidly 

 because we have had plenty of cheap 

 timber. Millions of acres of baie hill- 

 side that produce nothing profitable 

 should be growing trees." 



Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



