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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



to fade from the memory of American foresters and 

 all those who enjoy the blessings of liberty and justice 

 vouchsafed by such as he. 



His friend and teacher, 



C. H. Shattuck, 



A GARDEN OF THE BRAVE 

 By Vilda Sauvage Owens, in The New York Times 



I sometimes dream that in the years to he, 

 When France shall rise once more, resplendent, free, 

 One lovely corner there shall be a grave — 

 A Garden of the Brave. 



And in my dream I see a quiet nook, 

 That nestles by a silver, running brook. 

 Brave Belgians sleep within this lovely spot, 

 'Neath blue forget-me-not. 



And close beside, where all is rest and peace, 

 Acre on acre of the fleur de lis. 

 Here where the very angels watch are keeping, 

 The sons of France lie sleeping. 



Great masses of the wondrous wattle here, 

 Where stanch Australians rest. And very near, 

 A mighty avenue of maple trees, 

 All gold and crimson, fling with every breeze 

 A cloud of little winged seeds, that fly 

 Where brave Canadians lie. 



Beneath a coverlet of shamrock rest 

 Old Ireland's sons, her bravest and her best 

 And hark! The music of the pipes! They play 

 Always where buried Scotchmen sleep, they say. 

 And purple thistles whisper in the dells 

 To bonnie heather bells. 



Old England's roses here, the white and red, 

 Where sleep in countless graves her gallant dead. 

 Here, too, the tiny English daises grow. 

 The soldiers loved them so! 



And further still, a little nook, yet dear, 

 The friendly sunbeams love to linger here, 

 Where glowing California poppies nod, 

 And yellow goldenrod. 



I dream that as the years move on apace, 

 We'll fare as Pilgrims to this hallowed place, 

 And pause beside each fragrant, flowering glade, 

 Or rest beneath the leafy maples' shade, 

 And hold communion there in love divine, 

 And pray, as at a shrine! 



FOREST RESERVE FOR KENTUCKY 



rpHROUGH the gift of the Kentenia-Catron Corpora- 

 ■*■ tion, which owns thousands of acres in Eastern Ken- 

 tucky, the State has acquired a forest reserve of 3,400 

 acres on Pine Mountain, Harlan County. The land is not 

 underlaid with coal and has no agricultural value. It is 

 the first reserve the State has acquired and J. E. Barton, 

 commissioner of forestry and geology, who has been try- 

 ing for several years to secure such a tract, said that it 

 will afford an excellent opportunity to demonstrate refor- 

 estation and the proper method of propagating trees and 

 lumbering. 



MORE AIRPLANE PATROLS FOR NATIONAL 

 FORESTS 



'TUYO additional routes in the patrol of national forests 

 - 1 by Army airplanes, to give early warnings of fires 

 in the forests, have been arranged by the War Depart- 

 ment and the Forest Service, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. The routes will be operated from Mather 

 Field, near Sacramento, and were placed in operation 

 June i, on the same day as two routes operated from 

 March Field, near Riverside, California. 



The first route from Mather Field covers the North- 

 ern Eldorado and Tahoe Forests on the valley side of 

 the Sierras. It starts from Mather Field and proceeds 

 to Placerville, Colfax, Nevada City, Strawberry Valley 

 and Oroville, where the planes land at available fields. 

 This route is to be covered in the morning of each day 

 and the return trip made in the afternoon. 



The second route from Mather Field covers the South- 

 ern Eldorado and Stanislaus Forests. Starting from 

 Mather Field, the route goes to Placerville, Grizzly Flat, 

 Rig Trees and to a landing near Sonora or Tuolumne. 

 This route is covered in the morning and return trips made 

 in the afternoon. Both of the Mather Field routes have 

 a round-trip length of about 150 miles. 



Forest Service reports tell of a successful trial patrol 

 undertaken recently. No difficulty was experienced in 

 detecting fires in heavy timber at elevations of 6000 to 

 10,000 feet. 



PLANT MEMORIAL TREES 



THE ROOSEVELT REDWOOD— FITTING TRIBUTE TO OUR LATE 

 EX-PRESIDENT 



A monument that has stood for ages and will stand for ages to come is the 

 giant redwood tree in the Yosemlte Valley which bears the name of 

 Roosevelt. A more fitting tribute in memory of our late ex-president can 

 hardly be imagined. 



