AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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STATE NEWS 



CALIFORNIA 



'T'HE Forest Committee of the California 

 State Automobile Association has for- 

 mulated a bill dealing with the subject of 

 a forest fire patrol law in California and 

 proposes to request the introduction of 

 this bill in the present session of the State 

 Legislature. Copies of the bill have been 

 presented to the State Board of Forestry, 

 which in turn has requested the pine and 

 redwood manufacturers' associations and 

 the California Forestry Committee to state 

 what objections, if any, they have to the 

 proposed legislation. 



This matter naturally is of vital inter- 

 est. The Federal Forest Service in Cali- 

 fornia and District Forester Paul G. Red- 

 ington have strongly and consistently 

 urged the necessity for the protection of 

 privately owned timber lands within the 

 State from fire, and endorse this move- 

 ment made by the California State Auto- 

 mobile Association, "making it compulsory 

 on private owners to establish reasonably 

 effective methods of fire patrol and sup- 

 pression on their lands. Oregon has such 

 law, and the Idaho Legislature this winter 

 is considering the enactment of similar 

 legislation. 



"The extent and kind of damage that 

 even a light forest fire does to the woods 

 is not appreciated. Not only are large 

 trees felled through the weakening of the 

 butt by fire, but in pockets where the heat 

 becomes intense whole stands of timbei 

 are killed and the young growth suffers 

 greatly throughout the area covered by the 

 fire. Cracks in the scars produced by fire 

 at the base of trees are ready openings 

 for the entrance of the spores of wood- 

 destroying fungi, and green trees felled 

 by fire constitute a fertile breeding ground 

 for the bark-boring beetle, an insect which 

 annually girdles and destroys a vast 

 amount of merchantable timber. 



"The public, as a user of wood, has a 

 right to demand that owners of timber 

 lands do their utmost in a practical way 

 to decrease the large annual loss by forest 

 fires." 



Partial returns on the annual census of 

 the lumber production for the State of 

 California, which is conducted by the Cali- 

 fornia District of the United States Forest 

 Service, in co-operation with the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association and 

 its local Associations, the California White 

 and Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion and the California Redwood Associa- 

 tion, show a cut by twenty-seven of the 

 largest mills in California of 630,225,000 

 board feet. 



Get Shade 



When You Want It 



It's useless to say "I must wait a year before planting." 

 If you are afraid it is too late to plant, Mr. Hicks will 

 show you that It Is not. Come to the nursery and see 

 big Oaks, Lindens, Hemlocks, Pines, Firs (15 to 25 years 

 old) labeled "Moved in June, 1920." We have shrubs 

 and flowering trees with big balls of earth, and in tubs; 

 Climbing Roses and hardy plants in pots. This nursery 

 shows that the fun of gardening need not stop when 

 summer begins. 



SEND FOR "HOME LANDSCAPES" 

 A new catalogue, which is helpful in a new way. It 

 tells how to "plant where plants will enjoy themselves." 



Is your home along the seashore? Is your soil acid, 

 or is it dry and sandy? "Home Landscapes" makes valu- 

 able suggestions for all conditions of soil; by using this 

 information, your trees and shrubs are more certain to 

 grow. It also describes the new plants from China (in- 

 troduced by the Arnold Arboretum) which you can have on 

 your grounds this summer. 



Home Landscapes has 16 pages in color, showing beau- 

 tiful gardens. A copy will be sent on request. 



HICKS NURSERIES 

 BOX F, WESTBURY, L. I., NEW YORK 



FLOWERS THAT 

 NEVER DIE 



The Japanese (evarUiting) 

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 FADES. Will keep in- 

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 when growing and es- 

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 kinds of decoration. For 

 vases in winter it can- 

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 we will send a package 

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 mixed colors, for Illy- 

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Domestic and Imported 



"QUALITY FIRST" 



Price List on Request 



Special Quantity Prices 



OTTO KATZENSTEIN & CO. 



Tree Seedsmen 



ATLANTA, GEORGIA 



Established 1897 



The same mills cut in 1918 582,622,000 

 board feet. If the same proportion between 

 the cut of these mills, and the total cut 

 holds good for 1920 which existed in 1918, 

 the total cut for the State of California 

 for 1920 should exceed 1,360,000,000 feet. 



TREES FOR FOREST PLANTING 



PINE :-: SPRUCE 



CONIFERS ONLY 



Write us for price list 



KEENE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, 

 KEENE, N. H. 



EVERGREEN SEEDLINGS 



We are equipped to grow EVERGREEN 

 SEEDLINGS in million lots on contract, for 

 REFORESTING PROJECTS. All standard 

 varieties grown by experts. We save you 

 money. Write for information. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY CO., INC. 



Evergreen Specialists Largest 



Growers in America. 



Box 501 Dundee, Illinois, U. S. A. 



SAVE YOUR TREES! 



They enhance the value of your prop- 

 erty. They beautify your surroundings. 



GUY C. CALDWELL 



Specialist in Tree Surgery 



The highest grade of tree surgery at 

 $1.25 per hour. 



Why pay exorbitant prices? 



We charge you for tree surgery, not for 



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