AMERICAN FORESTRY 



IN THE NEW FOREST, ENGLAND 



Douglas Fir from seed presented by the American Forestry As- 

 sociation is making good progress in these plantations. 



Striving to sow seeds of international good will. 

 All of Europe has suffered very severely this summer 

 from the worst drought known in many years. It has 

 not only given a serious setback to the reconstituted agri- 

 cultural regions but has meant a fearful loss in tree seed- 

 lings and young plantations. In this respect Belgium 

 has suffered even more than her neighbors, for of a gift 

 of an equal number of tree seeds which appear to have 

 been planted with no less care and skill, very few seed- 



lings remain. Both France and Belgium are greatly 

 pleased with our American Douglas Fir, which with us 

 is found in the greatest abundance on the northern Pa- 

 cific coast. The first Douglas Fir was introduced on the 

 continent of Europe 25 to 40 years ago. M. Crahay, who 

 has for some years been the very active head of forestry 

 in Belgium, is a great believer in this tree, which because 

 of its rapidity of growth and the commercial value of 

 its wood, he believes will go far to help meet the serious 

 problems of afforestation. The Belgian Ministry of 

 Waters and Forests once boasted of several fine small 

 plantations of Douglas in the Ardennes, but today not a 

 stick remains from the axes of the German army. It is 

 in the beautiful Ardennes Mountains bordering on the 



AMERICAN DOUGLAS FIR SEEDLINGS IN IRELAND 



The larger portion of the seeds presented to England by the 

 American Forestry Association have been sent to Ireland. The 

 splendid showing here is the result of a planting made in the 

 spring of 1920, the seedlings already having attamed an average 

 height of nine inches. 



YOUNG DOUGLAS FIR IN EUROPE 



The American Douglas Fir was introduced in Conti- 

 nental Europe some 25 to 40 years ago. 



old Duchy of Luxembourg that most of the Belgian for- 

 ests were formerly located, and this is the area which 

 will be replanted with patches of American Douglas 

 mixed with European pine and spruce. The policy of 

 intermingling of kinds and planting in small groups com- 

 mon to both France and Belgium is intended as an as- 

 surance against serious loss from insect or other pesits 

 which might be particularly likely to attack a foreign 

 species. Also it must be recognized that even if a good 



