SOME HISTORICALLY INTERESTING TREES 



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donfield, Camden 

 county, New Jer- 

 sey, two yew trees, 

 which I think are 

 about 200 years old. 

 Elizabeth Haddon 

 was the settler of 

 Haddonfield. There 

 is an interesting ac- 

 count of her in a 

 book called 'So- 

 cial Hours with 

 Friends.' After she 

 had been over here 

 two years she went 

 back to England to 

 see her parents, and 

 then returned, 

 bringing these two 

 little trees in two 

 little pots. They 

 are now in rather 



THE OLD OAK AT SALEM, NEW JERSEY 



This beautiful and symmetrical old tree is located in the Friends' Graveyard, at Salem, New Jersey, 

 and its history dates back to the days of the Revolution. It is about 85 feet in height and, despite 

 its age, is considered to be the finest specimen of white oak in the State. 



a dying condition. 

 Like the English 

 yew, they are. bush- 

 like, with several 

 trunks. A five-cent 

 trolley fare from 

 Camden takes you 

 past the farm. 



"Did I mention 

 the old cypress tree 

 here in Bartram's 

 Garden? John Bar- 

 tram was the bota- 

 nist of the country 

 at and before the 

 time of the Ameri- 

 can Revolutionary 

 war. He received 

 many gifts from 

 across the ocean and 

 this young tree was 

 one of them." 



RUSSIA'S LUMBER INDUSTRY 



THE importance of the lumber industry in Russia is 

 figuring largely in the plans for Russia's export trade 

 after the close of the war. The demand for building 

 materials will be unprecedented and the vast resources of 

 Russia's forest wealth have scarcely been more than 

 touched. Furthermore, hundreds of square miles of forest 

 in the crown lands now confiscated are available for ex- 

 ploitation. With the marvelous increase in the harbor 

 facilities of Archangel and Vladivostock and the extension 

 of railroads in the forested districts, this industry has a big 

 future. In 1913, the last year of normal export, lumber 

 worth 165,000,000 rubles was exported. By the closing of 

 the Baltic ports this export has been reduced to a valuation 

 of 27,200,000 rubles. Vast stores of timber have accumu- 

 lated, and in Archangel alone 65,000,000 rubles' worth of 

 timber is ready for shipment. In 1916, when an increase 

 in exports is noticed, little big timber was shipped, the 

 exports being mainly pine for matches and spruce for paper 

 pulp. Domestic consumption of timber has been large, 

 a considerable quantity being required for military pur- 

 poses. The demand for railroad ties has been great and 

 the erection of factories all over the country at a time 

 when unusually heavy demands were made upon railroad 

 facilities has caused many of these factories to burn 

 wood instead of coal. As, however, the Ministry of 

 Agriculture possesses a modern and progressive Forestry 

 Bureau, this use of timber for fuel is being managed in 

 such a way as to increase rather than deplete the great 

 forests of Russia. 



WISCONSIN'S FOREST PLAYGROUNDS 



THE Wisconsin Conservation Commission has com- 

 pleted plans for the utilization of the state forest 

 lands, and has worked out a general plan to make the 

 northern Wisconsin region, the land of lakes, a playground 

 for the entire Middle West, by throwing open state lands 

 for campers and summer visitors. The State plans to carry 

 this work of developing the pleasure resources of the forest 

 to the greatest extent, and has devised a general system by 

 which long-time leases will be given for a few dollars a year 

 to those who wish to build summer cottages. The State 

 also will build some cottages for rent in the state parks and 

 in the forest reserve, and is providing portable cottages for 

 other locations. For those who do not want any of these, 

 the Commission is arranging to lease tent sites. Mean- 

 while, the Commission is planning a campaign to prevent 

 forest fires with the assistance of the lumber manufacturers 

 who own forest land, on a plan for cooperative work in 

 maintenance of a force of forest rangers and fire wardens. 

 This is already being done in upper Michigan, and Com- 

 missioner Frank B. Moody at the last meeting of the 

 Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation started a formal movement for such a cooperative 

 campaign. The State is going ahead with its plans to make 

 its forest reserve region, including Vilas county, which 

 alone has 1,200 lakes, as though the war were to end imme- 

 diately, so that the summer resort life may be carried on 

 despite the war, and is offering special opportunities for 

 the wives and families of those who may be busy on the 

 business of the war. 



