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the roses on the severely trimmed plants are cut off with 

 long stems so that there is not over an inch or a little 

 more left on the bush next the old wood, new vigorous 

 shoots will push out that will give better results later 

 than as though only six inches of the top of the stem is 

 cut off with the rose. 



The best time to do needed pruning is when the knife 

 is sharp. Pruning for the sake of pruning should never 

 be done. Wounds heal fastest from cuts made in June 

 and probably slowest from those made in August. Most 



pruning is done in winter, because there is more time then 

 that cannot be satisfactorily used in other ways. Some 

 plants bleed badly if pruned just after the sap starts in 

 the spring. If excessive this may be weakening, but ap- 

 parently is seldom seriously injurious to the tree, though 

 it certainly is distressing to the operator. 



To summarize, pruning should be done with a definite, 

 well-defined purpose in view. Most ornamental plants 

 are less likely to be injured by no pruning than by being 

 pruned with lack of definite understanding of the ends 

 to be accomplished. 



CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



'T'HE United States Chamber of Commerce has ap- 

 * pointed an advisory committee on forestry with a view 

 to submitting to its constituent bodies throughout the 

 country a referendum of the conditions and needs of the 

 country in forest matters. 



In its endeavor to formulate a national forestry policy 

 this National Forestry Policy Committee of the Chamber 

 of Commerce of the United States will not confine it- 

 self to a study of principles embodied in forestry bills be- 

 fore Congress. This was decided upon at the first meet- 

 ing of the Committee held on April 25, at Atlantic City. 



Early discussion developed a question as to the scope 

 of the Committee. Some of the members felt that the 

 Committee should limit itself to an examination of the 

 several forestry bills pending in Congress, while others 

 took the position that the Committee's investigation should 

 embrace the subject in the broadest possible manner. 



Joseph H. Defrees, president of the National Cham- 

 ber, was called upon to outline the powers of the Com- 

 mittee. He said that it was not the intention of the 

 Board of Directors of the Chamber that the Committee 

 should only go into the bills before Congress, but that it 

 should endeavor to formulate general policies of its own 

 after a thorough study of the whole forestry question. 

 He said there were no limitations to its activities in in- 

 vestigating and reporting on a national forestry policy. 



The Committee thereupon decided that it would make 

 an exhaustive study of the subject in all its different 

 phases. In this connection, the Committee adopted this 

 resolution : 



"Resolved, That there should be cooperation be- 

 tween federal government and the states as well as 

 private timberland owners to forward a national for- 

 estry policy." 



David L. Goodwillie, of Chicago, chairman of the Com- 

 mittee, appointed a number of subcommittees to deal with 

 specific subjects under the general heading of forestry. 

 These subcommittees are : 



Charles S. Keith, chairman, and Harvey N. Shepard, 

 to deal with Government Regulation, Private Holdings, 

 Individual Denial of Public Right. 



F. C. Knapp, chairman, and George L. Curtis, to deal 

 with Fire Protection and Expenditures. 



Hugh P. Baker, chairman, and Charles F. Quincy, to 

 deal with Acquisition of Land and National Forest Sur- 

 vey. 



Dr. Henry S. Drinker, chairman ; F. C. Knapp and 

 John Fletcher, to deal with Taxes and Taxation. 



George L. Curtis, chairman; F. C. Knapp and Charles 

 S. Keith, to deal with Utilization of Wood and Forest 

 Conservation. 



Hugh P. Baker and Harvey N. Shepard, to deal with 

 Reforestation and National Forests. 



The members of the Committee are : 



David L. Goodwillie (chairman), box shook manufac- 

 turer, Chicago, 111. 



Charles S. Keith, President, Central Coal and Coke 

 Co., Kansas City, Missouri. 



F. C. Knapp, President, Peninsular Lumber Co., Port- 

 land, Oregon. 



George L. Curtis, Curtis Companies, Inc., Clinton, 

 Iowa. 



John Fletcher, Vice-President, Fort Dearborn National 

 Bank, Chicago, Illinois. 



Charles F. Quincy, President, Q. & C. Company, and 

 director American Forestry Association, New York, 

 N. Y. 



Dr. Henry S. Drinker, President, Pennsylvania For- 

 estry Association, and director American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 



Dr. Hugh P. Baker, Secretary and Treasurer, Ameri- 

 can Paper and Pulp Association, New York City. 



Harvey N. Shepard, Chairman, Massachusetts State 

 Forestry Commission, Boston, Massachusetts. 



W. DuB. Brookings (Secretary), Chamber of Com- 

 merce of United States, Washington, D. C. 



It has been decided that the Committee will go to the 

 Pacific Coast to study the problems of forestry on the 

 ground. The bulk of the remaining virgin timber of the 

 United States is in Oregon, Washington, and California, 

 and it is felt that a personal investigation by the Com- 

 mittee should be made in consideration of the importance 

 of the questions involved to the operators and timber 

 owners of those states, as well as to the great lumber 

 using communities of the rest of the country. 



