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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



the permanence of the communities and the resources 

 in question. 



"On your initiative primarily a policy of road build- 

 ing for the development of the National Forests and the 

 benefit of the public has been entered upon. During 

 the war not only brought your organization through 

 intact and enabled the National Forests to contribute up 

 to capacity to the war effort of the country, but you 

 employed it extensively in the location of forest supplies 

 of war materials and in the solution of important re- 

 search problems relating to wartime uses of forest prod- 

 ucts. You assisted largely, both in person and through 

 the release for foreign service of many of your best 

 men, in solving the problem of wood supplies for the 

 American Army in France. Within the last few months 

 you have taken the lead in a movement which I believe 

 to be of the utmost importance, for extending the practice 

 of forestry to lands now privately owned and stopping 



the needless and short-sighted waste of a great basic 

 resource through forest destruction. 



"These are large services. By wise judgment, energy, 

 vision, and untiring devotion you have rendered them 

 to a degree that has been and is the pride of all your 

 friends. They entitle you to a large measure of grati- 

 tude from the public, to whom they have been ren- 

 dered, and you may justly be proud of the record you 

 have made. 



"During the time I have been here I have thoroughly 

 enjoyed my association with you. Whatever may be 

 your plans for the future, you have my best wishes for 

 complete success in any undertaking in which you may 

 engage. I know you are not going to lose your in- 

 terest in the forestry problems of the Nation and that 

 the department and the Forest Service will have your 

 co-operation and counsel in the discharge of their re- 

 sponsibilities for the maintenance, development, and 

 sound utilization of our great forest resources." 



AN unusual young eucalyptus 



BY ABBOT KINNEY 



THE photograph of the tree with Mr. S. Barker on the 

 right and Mr. George J. Cleveland on the left is that 

 of a blue gum (Eucalyptus Globulus), planted in October, 

 1918, when it was eight inches high, and photographed in 



THE OVERGROWN YOUNGSTER 



Though only one year and four months old, this eucalyptus (blue sum) is 

 22 feet high. It is growing on the banks of the Grand Canal, at Venice, 

 California. 



the first week of February, 1920. One year and four 

 months after planting, it was twenty-two feet in height. 

 It is especially remarkable in still maintaining the seed- 



ling form of growth in stem, opposite leaves and in blue- 

 white color of leaves. 



The mature blue gum has round stems and alternate 

 sickle-shaped leaves of a heavy green color. The photo- 

 graph herewith shows the difference though it does not 

 show the striking blue color of this tree that has been 

 maintained in continuation of the seedling form. 



A large number of species of the Eucalyptus have been 

 introduced into California and are growing well in the 

 State. Of these the E. Globulus is the source of the 

 standard Eucalyptus oil and of all medicinal preparations 

 based on Eucalyptus. The fact that the Globulus is 

 planted in groups or groves in California makes the col- 

 lection of leaves for the oil easier and cheaper than 

 where the leaves must be taken from trees scattered in 

 the natural growths of Australia and Tasmania. 



Mistakes in distilling oil from other species of the 

 gum is, in California, entirely absent. A large number of 

 the gums contain no eucalyptol whatever in the oil from 

 the leaves. 



SEEDS FOR GREAT BRITAIN 



T^HE shipment of American forest tree seeds, donated 

 -*- by the American Forestry Association to Great 

 Britain to aid in reforesting sections of woodland and 

 timberland cut down during the war have reached 

 England. 



The following letter of acknowledgement has been 

 received from Hon. A. G. Herbert, Secretary of the 

 Forestry Commission: 



"I am directed by the Forestry Commissioners to say 

 that they have now received the consignments of forest 

 tree seeds presented by the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion to Great Britain. 



"These seeds will be of great assistance to the com- 

 missioners in carrying out reafforestration operations in 

 this country, particularly in view of the prevailing 

 shortage of tree seeds, and I am to ask you to be good 

 enough to convey to the members of your Association 

 the sincere thanks of the commissioners for this valua- 

 ble gift." 



