AMERICAN FORESTRY 



VOL. 28 



JANUARY, 1922 



NO. 337 



SEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP 



By Arthur Newton Pack 

 European Commissioner of the American Forestry Association 



This is the second of a series of articles by Mr. Pack. It tells what was done by Great Britain, France 

 and Belgium with the American tree seed donated to these countries by the American Forestry Association to 

 aid in restoring the forests which were destroyed by the war. Editor. 



T N considering plans for future world peace it must be 

 * recognized that what creates the ability of peoples to 

 understand and appreciate one another and makes for a 

 real "entente cordiale" between nations is only the sum 

 total of many small international courtesies and friendly 

 acts. The gift of tree seeds from, the American Forestry 

 Association to the governments of France, Great Britain 



.AN EXPERIMENTAL NURSERY 



Fifteen different species of tree seeds jjresented by the American 

 Forestry Association are here being tried out in this nursery in 

 Northern France. 



and Belgium, made, as it was, shortly after the signing 

 of the Armistice, had this point in view, and its reception 

 and use by these governments illustrates even more 

 clearly the value in which they hold not merely the gift 

 hut the spirit which it showed. 



Great Britain's present planting program calls for not 

 less than one billion two hundred million tree seeds per 

 annum. France can hardly do with a smaller amount. 



Paris, France, September, 1921. 



while the loss through drought has made it equally nec- 

 essary for little Belgium to acquire large additional sup- 

 plies. Nearly every accessible tree-growing country in 

 the world will have to furnish its share : Germany, Aus- 

 tria, Holland, Poland, Serbia, Italy, Corsica, Japan, and 

 last but not least, the United States and Canada. Ours 

 will be a very large portion, and the forestry heads of 

 each of the allied governments are asking whether the 

 American Forestry Association cannot again help in its 

 procurement. 



In an area extending southward from the Belgian 

 border near Valenciennes down through the fearful deso- 

 lation marking the once famous Hindenburg line to Laon 

 and Soissons, occurred as one might expect the greatest 

 devastation and destruction of French forests. It was 



ONE OF THE NEW NURSERIES IN NORTHERN FRANCE 



The French foresters gladly point out the tiny seedlings of 

 Douglas Fir, which are soon to be transplanted to permanent 

 locations. 



