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CHRISTMAS TREES 

 'T'HE United States uses annually between 

 four and five million Christmas trees, 

 according to the estimate of the Forest 

 Service, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. This equals approximately the 

 combined consumption of England, Scot- 

 land, and Wales and is about 25 per cent 

 greater than that of Germany. The Christ- 

 mas tree bears practically the same fruit 

 the country over, but the variety of the 

 tree itself varies according to locality. The 

 fir is undoubtedly the Christmas tree par- 

 excellence, especially in the Northeastern 

 and Lake States, on account of its long 

 horizontal spreading, springy branches, and 

 deep-green, fragrant foliage which persists 

 longer than that of any other evergreen. 

 On the Great Lakes "the Christmas tree 

 ship" bringing greenery from the upper 

 peninsula of Michigan to Chicago or 

 Detroit is usually one of ithe latest events 

 in navigation each winter. In the North 

 eastern and Lake States Balsam fir fur- 

 nishes the bulk of the Christmas tree trade. 

 In the South the Fraser fir is the favorite. 

 In Colorado and other Rocky Mountain 

 States, fir, though abundant, is difficult of 

 access and the lodge pole pine and occa- 

 sionally the Douglas fir and Englemann 

 spruce are used. On the Pacific Coast the 

 Christmas tree is often the white fir. 

 Spruces vie with firs in popularity as 

 Christmas trees, but as a rule in the South 



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and West they occur at high altitudes 

 which makes them difficult to get. 



New York and the New England States 

 consume 1,500,000 trees. Black and red 

 spruce are very commonly seen in New 

 England Christmas celebrations and in 

 New York and Philadelphia. Throughout 

 Illinois and Ohio nurserymen partly supply 

 the local demand with nursery-grown Nor- 

 way spruce. Pines are in great demand 

 for Christmas trees when fir and spruce 

 are not available. Throughout Maryland, 

 Virginia, and in Washington, D. C, the 

 scrub pine finds a way into many homes, 

 while in southern Wyoming the lodge pole 

 pine is almost the only species available. 



Hemlock is often used but only in the 

 absence of other varieties. Its slender, 

 springy branches are better adapted to the 

 manufacture of so-called fancy greens. 

 Occasionally a few arborvitae are shipped 

 among firs and spruces to New York and 

 Philadelphia. Red cedar is not despised 

 where better trees can not be had as in 

 the treeless States and often in Tennessee 

 and Pennsylvania. In California red cedar 

 and incense cedar are not uncommon. 



Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, the 

 Berkshire Hills in Massachusetts, and the 

 Adirondacks and Catskills in New York 

 are the sources of supply for New York, 

 Philadelphia, and Boston, and even for 

 Baltimore and Washington. The swamps 

 of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota 

 furnish the markets of Chicago, St. Paul, 

 Minneapolis, and the cities of the Plains 

 States. 



FIRE WARDENS MEET 

 r PHE meeting of Pennsylvania Fire War- 

 dens at Moshannon Bridge, as the 

 guests of the Central Pennsylvania Forest 

 Fire Protective Association, was by far the 

 best meeting ever held in that section of the 

 state and was attended by more than fifty 

 wardens, besides others interested in forest 

 fire work, and from the interest displayed it 

 is clear that a greater interest is being 

 taken in this much neglected work. 



Talks were given by a great many of 

 those present, including foresters, wardens 

 and others on methods of forest fire con- 

 trol, and how to best get the support of 

 communities in the work. 



There were veterans of three wars at the 

 meeting, but a remarkable inciderft was 

 the presence of two Civil War veterans, 

 both members of the 45th Pennsylvania 

 Volunteer Regiment and both active volun- 

 teers in forest fire work : Captain C. T. 

 Fryberger and Mr. David Litz, of Philips- 

 burg and Houtzdale. 



The greatest single contribution to the 

 success of the meeting, was the dinner 

 served by Mr. R. D. Tonkin, Forester of 

 the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corpora- 

 tion, at their lumber camp. The dinner 

 was served in lumber camp style, quality 

 and quantity. 



