1899. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



117 



THE FORESTER. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



Devoted to Arboriculture and Forestry, the 



Care and Use of Forests and Forest 



Trees, and Related Subjects. 



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The American Forestry Association, 



Hon James Wilson, Sec'y of Agriculture, 

 President. 



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 having taken place during the past month, the 

 incoming editor desires to call the attention of 

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EDITORIAL NOTE. 



The unfortunate confusion arising from the 

 great number of popular names for various 

 species of trees is no better exemplified than in 

 the case of the great lumber tree of the North- 

 west, variously known as Red Fir, Douglas 

 Spruce, Yellow Fir, Oregon Pine, Washington 

 Pine, Red Pine, Puget Sound Pine, etc. Our 

 attention has recently been called to the use 

 of several different names in various issues 

 of The Forester, and the necessity has be- 

 come apparent that there should be but one 

 name for each tree. Most botanists prefer 

 the name Douglas Spruce on account of its 

 greater resemblance to Spruce than Fir. The 

 name Red Fir is used, however, far more 

 extensively than any other, both in the woods 

 and in commerce, and on that account it has 

 been definitely accepted by The Forester and 

 will be used in all future references to the tree. 



The log cut in Maine this season is 

 estimated to aggregate 400,000,000 feet. 



The State Board of Education of North 

 Carolina has sold a tract of 80,000 acres 

 of timber lands at $1 per acre. 



The Baltic timber charter controversy 

 between the shippers and the shipowners 

 in Great Britain has been settled by a 

 compromise. 



An interesting proof of the power of 

 wood to stand the ravages of time is 

 found in the uncovering, near the banks 

 of the Nile, of several Egyptian boats, 

 made of cedar probably in use 4,500 

 years ago. 



There is still an immense amount of 

 virgin timber in West Virginia, but the 

 present rapid extension of railroads in 

 that State will doubtless bring every 

 valley and mountain cove within the 

 reach of transportation in a few years. 



The lumber exports from Norway and 

 Sweden form a large proportion of the 

 annual export trade of those countries. 

 In one year Norway placed over $16,000,- 

 000 worth of manufactured lumber in 

 the markets of the world, while Sweden 

 exceeded these figures by $30,000,000 

 in sawn and hewn lumber alone. 



In view of the efforts toward reforest- 

 ing mountain sides in the West, a suc- 

 cessful experiment by the Marquis of 

 Athol, in Scotland, is interesting. The 

 grandfather of the present Duke planted 

 hundreds of thousands of Larches on the 

 barren hillsides of his estate, and saw 

 them covered in his lifetime by an enor- 

 mous forest, which began to pay divi- 

 dends on the investment thirty years 

 after the planting. 



Kansas City is taking up the subject 

 of tree-planting in the most practical 

 way. At a recent meeting of the City 

 Council, ordinances were introduced 

 authorizing the planting of trees on 

 eleven different streets, for distances 

 aggregating about three miles. Four of 



