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the need of further legislation to protect the forests on our national 

 domain, and the best means to promote a greater interest in arbori- 

 culture. The motion was unanimously carried, and the Chair 

 appointed as the Committee therein provided for, Professor Charles 

 S. Sargent, Professor John Robinson, John D. W. French, Francis 

 H. Appleton, and Leverett M. Chase. 



Adjourned to Saturday, February 16, 1889, at ten o'clock. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Subjects for Attention Connected witu Forestry and Arbori- 

 culture IN Massachusetts and New England. 



By J. B. Harrison, Franklin Falls, N. H., Secretary of the American 

 Forestry Congress. 



New England has in her own territory a conspicuous illustration 

 of the value of an extensive tract of mountain forest, and of the 

 evils which result from the destruction of the woods. The White 

 Mountain region of New Hampshire was, in its natural condition, 

 remarkable for the amount of beautiful scenery in a limited area — 

 that is, for the number, interest, and variety of its separate com- 

 plete landscapes. Each picture or scene was large enough to 

 make the impression of indivicJual and satisfying beauty, and there 

 was little waste space between them — merely for each one a 

 natural and charming frame. 



I have time toda}' to mention but one of the functions of such a 

 mountain forest — that of a place for summer rest and recreation ; 

 for sylvan peace and shade, coolness, beauty, and refreshing change 

 for men and women wear}- of the heat and dust, the noise and 

 wearing care of life at home and in the towns. The preservation 

 of these mountain woods for this use was of vital importance ta 

 the people of the nation in general, and the inhabitants of New 

 Hampshire possessed in them a source of perpetual revenues. As 

 population, wealth, leisure, and the disposition to seek change of 

 scene in summer increase in our country, these mountains and 

 valleys would have been thronged by an ever-changing multitude 

 of guests, glad to have the opportunity of paying liberall}' for thfr 

 comforts and luxuries of life while sojourning at the great moun- 

 tain hotels. The region was worth more to the people of the State 

 than the richest sold mines would have made it. The oae condi- 



