AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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ROADSIDE PLANTING ENDORSED 



'"PHE effort being made to secure nation- 

 wide planting of roadsides is receiving 

 strong support in the State of New York, 

 according to reports made by C. F. Bley, 

 of Hamburg, a member of the New York 

 State Conservation Association. Mr. Bley 

 says that the proposition has recently been 

 endorsed by the president of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation, which is a good 

 indication of interest on the part of the 

 farmer element, and should go far toward 

 making it a success. While primarily the 

 objective of the plan is scenic beauty, and 

 added comfort in travel as well as 

 protection of the road-bed, its con- 

 summation is far-reaching. The whole- 

 some influence of roadside planting 

 needs no emphasis, and this movement 

 to plant systematically suitable forest and 

 edible nut-bearing trees on all public road- 

 sides should receive cordial support. The 

 trees to be planted under the plan would 

 equal the planting of nine and one-half 

 million acres or more than fifty per cent of 

 the area of virgin forest still remaining in 

 the United States, says Mr. Bley. Oppo- 

 sition to the plan is bound to be met with 

 in many sections, but Erie County, New 

 York, has gone on record unequivocally 

 in favor of the plan by the passage of a 

 strong resolution endorsing it, which it is 

 proposed to submit to every Board of 

 Supervisors in the State for action. 



"GROVE OF THE STATES" 



'"PHE Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 

 is establishing in Exposition Park in 

 Los Angeles, California, a grove of trees 

 representative of each of the States of the 

 Union. Through Governor Davis, a re- 

 quest for Idaho to furnish a suitable tree 

 for this grove was recently received by the 

 School of Forestry of the University of 

 Idaho, and a young Idaho white pine 3 feet 

 high and 6 years old was immediately dis- 

 patched on its way to represent Idaho in 

 the Los Angeles Park. The School of For- 

 estry has in its arboretum well grown speci- 

 mens of all the native trees of the State of 

 Idaho as well as more than 100 species 

 from other sections and so was able to 

 furnish at once a tree which would be 

 especially fitted for this purpose, for the 

 trees grown in the arboretum are much bet- 

 ter able to withstand transplanting and 

 transportation to a distant State than wild 

 specimens. 



The Idaho white pine (Pinus monticola) 

 was selected as being the most represen- 

 tative one of Idaho because Idaho pos- 

 sesses the only large body of timber of 

 this species, the lumber from which is mar- 

 keted throughout the United States and 

 commands a higher price than any other 

 coniferous wood. The people of the State 

 may be proud of the tree which will bear 

 the name of Idaho for coming generations 

 among the representative trees from every 

 other State of the Union at Los Angeles. 



AMAWALK TREES 



are not dug until just before they 

 are to leave the Nursery. If the 

 trees are to be delivered by truck, 

 they are dug in the morning, load- 

 ed on the truck in the afternoon, 

 and delivered as early as possible 

 the next morning. When the order 

 is to be shipped by freight, the 

 trees are not dug until the freight 

 car is on our siding. The greatest 

 care is taken in the digging and 

 handling of our trees, so as not 

 to injure either the root system 

 or the branches. Our most ex- 

 perienced men are in charge of the 

 digging, the balling and the load- 

 ing of the trees. In loading a 

 freight car, the trees are placed in 

 the car as soon as they are dug ; 

 the roots are then covered with 

 straw and soaked with water. This 

 is to prevent the roots from dry- 

 ing out. 



Maples i6t0 3S ft. 



Oaks i6to35 ft. 



Beech 12 to 25 ft. 



Pinies 10 to 20 ft. 



Spruce 10 to 22 ft. 



Our catalogue contains consider- 

 able information in regard to 

 planting 



THE RIGHT TREE 

 IN THE RIGHT PLACE 



We will be glad to furnish you 

 with any information at our com- 

 mand concerning silviculture. 



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An Amawalk tree as received and ready for 

 planting. An illustrated booklet of detailed 

 instruction in the planting and care of trees is 

 sent with each consignment. 



NURSERF 



New York City Office, 103 Park Avenue 



Telephone: VANDERBILT 7691 



Amawalk, Westchester Co., New York 



Telephone: YORKTOWN 128 



BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERY CO. 



TREES - PLANTS - PLANTING 

 BOX E, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



Orchids 



We are specialists in 

 Orchids ; we collect, im- 

 port-, grow, sell and export this class of plants 

 exclusively. 



Our illustrated and descriptive catalogue of 

 Orchids may be had on application. Also spe- 

 cial list 61 freshly imported unestablished 

 Orchids 



LAGER & HURRELL 



Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N. J. 



Nursery Stock for Forest Planting 

 TREE SEEDS 



SEEDLINGS W rile for price, on TRANSPLANTS 



larg quantities 



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