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THE SADDLE 



High in the mountains of the Humboldt, in the saddle between two mountain peaks, and where the water nesitates as to which stream it will 

 seek, nestles Robison Lake, while only a half mile away in the same saddle is Soldier Lake. 



from the little town of Deeth, or thirty miles from Elko. 

 Bedding, food, tent and all equipment must be carried in 

 to the camp by horse. 



There are no movies here, no jazz bands to split wide 

 open the quiet of the night but just a bit of unspoiled 

 wilderness where one can hunt with camera, fish, climb 

 not too rugged mountains or just rest to a full content- 



ment amid interesting and restful surroundings. The 

 gems of Ruby Mountains the lakes, streams, peaks, and 

 canyons found here are all yours to enjoy if you will 

 but come and camp near the three lakes that nestle in the 

 high valley amid pine dotted meadows. 



[Note Forest Supervisor's Headquarters, Humboldt 

 National Forest, are at Elko, Nevada.] 



WHY NOT LABEL TREES 



BY BLANCHE C. HOWLETT 



WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, probably has 

 " more varieties of trees, both native and foreign, 

 than any other city in the world. For this reason, I 

 should like to see the trees labeled both with the botanical 

 and with the common names. If this were done, the 

 Capital City of the United States would become a National 

 Arboretum. Cou'.d there be an easier way for the peo- 

 ple to know nature than to be introduced to her trees? 

 Some years ago an attempt was made to label the 

 trees. At the time I was reading Lafcadio Hearn and 

 Sir Edwin Arnold's books on Japan. Sir Edwin Arnold 

 in Japonica refers to the cryptomeria trees on the road 

 to Xikko as "the most majestic avenue of giant trees to 

 be seen in all the world." I did not know what a 

 "cryptomeria tree" was and asked a Japanese if he could 

 tell me. The Japanese did not know what "crypto- 

 meria" meant ; but as soon as I said the avenue of trees 

 leading to the temple at Nikko are cryptomerias, he im- 

 mediately knew the kind of tree to which I referred and 



replied, "A kind of cedar." A Japanese idea of cedar 

 might be quite different from mine. A few days after- 

 wards, while walking through Lafayette Park, I noticed 

 an evergreen tree marked "Cryptomeria Japonica." All 

 the books in the world could not have given me so definite 

 an idea of what a cryptomeria tree is as did that labeled 

 tree in Lafayette Park. I am familiar with the common 

 names of native trees, but there are trees in that elm- 

 embowered park that are unknown to me. The labels 

 have rusted or fallen. One need not be an artist to 

 appreciate the coloring, especially in winter, of that beau- 

 tiful bluish-gray beech tree in Lafayette Park, opposite 

 the Belasco Theatre. 



Just a few trees in one park have been mentioned, but 

 there are many parks in Washington besides the shade 

 trees on the streets. Iowa Circle is surrounded by horse- 

 chestnut tree. The large pyramidal clusters of cream-white 

 flowers dashed with purple and yellow bloom in spring. In 

 the fall the children are not the only ones who pick up 



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