AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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MAKING EVERGREEN TRANS- 

 PLANTING PRACTICAL 



Transplanting anything from a head of 

 lettuce to a large evergreen is always a 

 fussy job and one that is not always suc- 

 cessful. In fact, with the large plants and 

 trees, says the Scientific American, trans- 

 planting becomes difficult and problematical, 

 especially in the case of evergreens which 

 often die after being transplanted. This 

 is attributed to the fact that the sacking 

 enclosing the roots and earth ball forms 

 more or less a flexible container, and the 

 jars incidental to transportation quickly 

 cause the earth around the vital roots to 

 become loosened therefrom with serious 

 or even fatal results. 



With these facts in mind Lionel Weil of 

 Goldsboro, North Carolina, has invented 

 a transplanting receptacle which may be 

 employed in transplanting all types of 

 plants but more particularly trees of a 

 less heavy nature. The receptacle consists 

 of a metal casing, properly hinged, which 

 is placed around the roots and earth ball 

 of the tree to be transplanted. Metal slides 

 at the bottom of the receptacle prevent the 

 dirt from falling out of the tapered re- 

 ceptacle. Straps and bucWles hold the 

 earth ball firmly in place. In transplant- 

 ing the tree a hole is first dug, after which 

 the tree or plant with the receptacle still 

 about it is placed in position. The bot- 

 tom slides are removed, the buckles un- 

 done, and the receptacle is removed, fol- 

 lowing which earth is packed around the 

 earth ball containing the unimpaired roots. 



PENNSYLVANIA'S PULP INDUSTRY 



To maintain the pulp mills of Pennsyl- 

 vania and supply them continuously with 

 wood there will be required 500,000 acres 

 of well-managed forest land. There are 

 13 pulp mills in the State and they consume 

 about one-half million cords of wood every 

 year. These figures were compiled by the 

 Pennsylvania Department of Forestry at 

 the conclusion of a survey of the pulp- 

 wood industries. More than $50,000,000 

 are invested in Pennsylvania's pulp mills, 

 and last year they gave employment to 

 7,144 persons. In 1920, they paid for wages 

 and salaries about twelve and one-half 

 million dollars, and they turned out wood 

 pulp valued at more than $60,000,000. The 

 Department of Forestry's investigation 

 showed that in the pulpwood consumption 

 55,000 cords of slab and other mill waste 

 were used. This use of mill waste com- 

 prises more than 11 per cent of all the 

 wood used in the State. The pulp mills of 

 Pennsylvania consume more than one-third 

 of all the mill waste used by the pulp mills 

 in the nation. Four of the mills within the 

 State import all of the wood they use, and 

 eight of the thirteen mills import more 

 than 75 per cent of the wood they consume, 

 and all but three of the mills import more 

 than 50 per cent of the wood consumed. 



T-^Tr^TT INVESTIGATIONS SHOW 

 H I ^ l-l SOME OLDER LAKES CON- 

 * A^-'AA TAIN LESS FISH. 



This may be due to untoward changes in 

 breeding areas. Is your lake deteriorating? 

 I examine, report and adjust. Literature 

 on request. ERNEST CLIVE BROWN, 

 Bor 107 F, Station G, New York City. 



"A vital question In this country, 

 one with immediate importance, but 

 of greater concern still in its relation 

 to the future, is the preservation and 

 restoration of forests." Nashville 

 Banner. 



Have your friend join the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association and help 

 perpetuate the forests. 



MEMORIAL TREES 



Particularly fine pecimeni of Oalc, 

 Maple, Elm, Etc., for memorial planting. 

 Trees from 15 to 30 feet are recommend- 

 ed. Each tree is recorded with the Amer- 

 ican Forestry Association to perpetuate 

 its memory. 



Amawalk, Westchester Co.,N. Y. 



Tel., Yorktown 128 

 NEW YORK CITY OFFICE 



372 Lexington Avenue 



Tel. Vanderbilt 7691 



TREES FOR FOREST PLANTING 



PINE :-: SPRUCE 



OONITEaS oin.T 

 Write us for price list 



KEENE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, 

 EEENE, V. H. 



Nursery Stock for Forest Planting 

 TREE SEEDS 



SEEDLINGS 



WriU for prictt on 

 larg quantUitt 



TRANSPLANTS 



THE NORTH-EASHRN FORESTRY CO. 

 CHESHIRE, CONN. 



TREE SEEDS 



Large collection of Evergreen, Tree, Shrub 

 and Hardy Perennial Seeds from ail 

 parts of the world. 



Send for Catalogue. 



CONYERS B. FLEU, Jr. 



6628-M-32 Ross Street 



GERMANTOWN - PHILADELPHIA 



FORESTRY SEEDS 



Send for my catalogue containing 

 full list of varieties and prices 



THOMAS J. LANE 



Seedsman 

 DRESHER - - - PENNSYLVANIA 



Showing some of the more than 900 memorial trees planted on the 

 Concourse, New York City. The trees are protected by tree guards 

 on which are bronze markers furnished by the J. W. Fiske Iron 

 Works. The markers give the name, company, regiment, etc. of 

 the man in whose memory the tree is planted. Write us for infor- 

 mation concerning markers in bronze, tree markers, tree guards, etc. 



J. W. FISKE IRON WORKS 



87 PARK PLACE 



NEW YORK CITY 



