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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Those who wish to carry the subject of landscape 

 forestry further will enjoy collecting a small library of 

 inspiring and helpful books. "The Wild Garden," by 

 William Robinson, is a classical work which every coun- 

 try gentleman should possess. A delightful way to learn 

 the wild flowers, etc., is to have some of the popular, 

 illustrated books like Dane's "How to Know the Wild 

 Flowers," a similar work of pocket size by F. Schuyler 

 Mathews, Keeler's book on shrubs, and "The Tree Book," 

 by Julia E. Rogers. In propagating plants of all kinds 

 Bailey's "Nursery Book" is valuable. There are many 

 dealers who sell bird houses and other apparatus for 



Photo by A. G. Bldredge. 



AFTER REVEALING A VISTA INSIDE THE WOODS 



This magnificent specimen of the burr or mossy-cup Quercus macrocarfa 

 will be brought into the lives of the children in the excellent kinder- 

 garten at Brookfield, 111., if three small trees are sacrificed. The oak 

 is about three feet in diameter and more than a hundred years old. 



attracting the birds. Write to the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for McAfee's "Plants That Attract 

 Birds" and ask the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York, for its literature, 

 especially about Baron von Berlep^ch's methods of at- 

 tracting woodpeckers, since these are the greatest de- 

 stroyers of insects that harm forest trees. Bailey's 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture describes every 

 species of tree, shrub, vine, and wild flower that is 

 oflfered for sale in America, and practically everything 

 worth having can be had from nurserymen or collectors. 

 As it is not customary to print the names of tradesmen 

 in articles, I have deposited with the editor of American 

 Forestry the names and addresses of four or five nur- 

 serymen and collectors who advertise every wild plant 

 that the average person can think of and many more. 



Some of these catalogues are attractively illustrated and 

 anyone who owns a bit of woods should send for all of 

 them. 



THE LARGEST TREES 



THE American Genetic Association of Washing- 

 ton, D. C., has announced the award of two 

 prizes of $100 each for the location of the largest 

 nut bearing and non-nut-bearing trees in the country. 



The largest nut-bearing tree is a valley oak on the 

 ranch of B. F. Graver, San Benito County, Cal., in the 

 foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This lordly 

 tree measures 37 feet 6 inches in circumference. It is 

 near the city of Stockton, and the natives, who declare 

 that it produces a ton of acorns every year, take pride 

 in it. 



It is expected that the "discovery" of this tree will 

 be at once a surprise and a disappointment to the friends 

 of the famous Hooker oak of Chico, Cal., named for 

 the English botanist. Sir Joseph Hooker, who, in 1872, 

 declared that, so far as encyclopaedic knowledge went, it 

 was the largest oak in the world. Several persons sent 

 in photographs of the Hooker oak, which, however is 

 only 21 feet 8 inches in circumference, although it rises 

 to a height of 105 feet. 



The largest tree in the non-nut-bearing class of hard- 

 woods disclosed by the contest is a sycamore near Wor- 

 thington, Ind. This tree is 150 feet high, after having 

 had its height considerably reduced by lightning and 

 wind. It has a spread of 100 feet and its trank 1 foot 

 above ground is 45 feet 3 inches in circumference, while 

 its east branch measures 27 feet 8 inches around and its 

 west branch 23 feet 2 inches. 



The second largest nut-bearing tree disclosed by the 

 contest is a chestnut 3 miles from Cresmont, N. C, on 

 the main range of the Big Smoky Mountains which di- 

 vide North Carolina and Tennessee. This tree is 75 

 feet high and has a circumference of 33 feet 4 inches. 



It is announced that the contest confirms the fact that 

 the sycamore is the largest hardwood tree in North 

 America. Yellow poplar ranks next to sycamore in point 

 of size among the non-nut-bearing hardwoods. One of 

 the photographs submitted in the contest was of a yellow 

 poplar near Reems Creek, N. C, which is estimated to 

 be 198 feet in height and 34 feet 6 inches in circum- 

 ference. 



TO A MOUNTAIN ABOUT TO BE LUMBERED 



By Paulina Brandreth 

 A monument of ageless time 

 Snow-piled against the evening skies, 

 Thy slopes in timbered splendor rise. 

 Each tree encased with frosted rime. 



And lo ! upon thy glistening crown 

 Benign, the rising moon looks down. 

 O mountain, could thy forests be 

 Left to the moon's sweet charity ! 



