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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



that growth of young pine upon this angle of slope, this 

 glimpse of a waterfall in a narrow canon backed by a 

 group of snow peaks, this large cluster of mountain 

 ma])le burdened with seed in early summer and doubly 

 attractive in autumnal colors, this little mountain meadow 

 or swale bright with larkspur and lupines in summer, 

 while vivid 

 blue with deli- 

 c a t e fringed 

 gentians in 

 early fall ; I 

 say, he who 

 sees these val- 

 ues can by a 

 turn here to 

 the right or 

 left, a slight 

 climb there, 

 bring out 

 values in this 

 trail location 

 that will make 

 it a joy to trav- 

 erse even by 

 the most unap- 

 preciative 

 while the ap- 

 preciative trav- 

 eler who once 

 traverses its length 

 look forward with 

 greatest keenness to 



A DELIGHTFUL SPOT IN THE SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST 

 This view from Clubhouse Park shows the beautiful location of summer homes in the San Isabel Forest 



will 



the 



the 

 time that may again place 

 him in that vicinity to 

 drink in its values in the 

 same or other seasons of 

 the year. Do not lose sight 

 of the fact that this same 

 ridge trail can be located 

 and built in such a manner 

 that the pleasure seeker 

 will pass unnoticed many 

 objects of beauty that could 

 have been brought to him 

 without additional cost in 

 construction, a mere trail, 

 in fact, to a fire lookout 

 with attractive views here 

 and there that have been 

 brought out by happen- 

 stance. 



One of the forester's 

 problems of no little mag- 

 nitude is that of paints for 

 his signs, fire tool boxes 

 and buildings of all kinds, what color schemes are 

 adaptable, should these be in contrast to the surrounding 

 colors or blend with those of the setting. There is some 

 argument for direct contrast of color in those objects to 

 which it is desirable to attract direct attention, such as 



signs of all kinds, tire tool boxes, etc. Many colors for 

 these purposes, such as brilliant reds, black upon a 

 white background or the reverse, heavy browns or 

 chrome yellow, will give contrasts that are foreign to a 

 forest setting and are, therefore, displeasing. It is a 

 well-recognized principle that greens and grays are the 



colors to be 

 used in apply- 

 ing the rules of 

 the English 

 school of land- 

 scaping, so the 

 forester cannot 

 go far wrong 

 in using these 

 colors which 

 blend so- har- 

 moniously in 

 every variety 

 of forest set- 

 ting. It will 

 be found that 

 a combination 

 of luster green 

 and pale gray 

 or ivory white 

 will give excel- 

 lent contrast 

 and yet pleas 

 ing harmony for all man- 

 ner of signs, in fact, such 

 contrast for identification 

 and harmony for setting 

 that cannot be secured in 

 any other colors. In se- 

 lecting gray care should be 

 taken to secure a dusky 

 gray with a warm tint, as 

 a cold or blue gray will 

 give an unpleasing con- 

 trast that makes it un- 

 adaptable. 



Congress has appropri- 

 ated funds for the con- 

 struction of National For 

 est roads in co-operation 

 with the states and counties 

 in which the forests are lo 

 cated. These roads will 

 be located by the Forest 

 Service, while the survey- 

 ing and construction will 

 be carried forward by the 

 Bureau of Good Roads of 

 the Department of Agriculture. In arranging for these 

 roads plans should be drawn providing for the recogni- 

 tion of all natural values along these roads looking to 

 their careful preservation. I recall a beautiful group of 

 yellow pine trees along a recently constructed western 



A PARTY JUST RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO THE SUMMIT OF 

 PIKES PEAK 



Along the Pikes Peak auto highway, where 3,000.000 young trees have 

 been planted by the Forest Service in the interest of Colorado Springs* 

 municipal water supply. It is not hard to forsee the esthetic value of 

 the growing stand to the tourists who ascend this famous peak. 



