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and future work of that department. 

 |ohn F. Cunningham also read a paper 

 on "Observations upon the Woodlands 

 of Ohio." 



The session then adjourned, the re- 

 mainder of the afternoon being spent in 

 an inspection of the native trees and 

 shrubs on the grounds of the State Uni- 

 versity. 



At the morning session of the second 

 day the following papers were presented 

 and read: "Natural Regeneration of 

 Forests on Old Fields in Eastern Ken- 

 tucky," by Prof. S. C. Mason, of Ken- 

 tucky; " Lumbering in Northern Michi- close of the meeting the Committee on 



September, 



These papers will be fully considered 

 in coming issues of The Forester. 

 A discussion was then held on twenty 

 questions, which had been printed 

 upon the programs, relating to the exten- 

 sion of general interest in Forestry, and 

 the characteristics of various trees, con- 

 ditions of growth, insect enemies, etc. 

 This proved to be a very profitable fea- 

 ture of the session. 



During the afternoon a number of 

 short excursions were taken to view large 

 and unique specimens of native trees bor- 

 dering the Olentangy River. Before the 



gan," by Dr. W. J. Beal, of Michigan: 

 "The Rate of Growth and Temperature 

 of Various Varieties of Forest Trees," by 

 William R. Lazenby, of Ohio; "Capi- 

 talistic Review of Conservative Lum- 

 bering," by C. A. Schenck. of Biltmore, 

 N. C. 



Resolutions presented a report which 

 was unanimously adopted. 



A paper on "Are the Trees Advanc- 

 ing or Retreating upon the Nebraska 

 Plains?" was read by C. E. Bessey, of 

 Lincoln, Neb., at the meeting of the sec- 

 tion on botany, of the Science Convention. 



Results Will Compensate. 



The Minnesota forest reserve scheme 

 will need the co-operation of the General 

 Government, and it will doubtless re- 

 ceive it. Both the last and the present 

 national Administrations have shown 

 their sympathy with forest preservation 

 movements. During the past five years 

 a number of large national parks have 

 been created from Government lands. 

 One of the latest of these is the Lake 

 Tahoe Forest Reserve in California, con- 

 sisting of 136,335 acres which was set 

 aside by the proclamation of President 

 McKinley last April. The Government 

 will continue this policy and other bodies 

 of public land will be withdrawn from 

 sale and created into parks. One of the 

 chief objects of the proposed Minnesota 

 reserve is to protect the headwaters of 

 the Mississippi River. The need of this 

 is plain, and it should encourage the pro- 

 moters to persevere in their plans not- 

 withstanding the difficulties to be over- 

 come. The results will compensate for 

 all the labor and patience involved. 

 Editorial, Philadelphia Press. 



Investigation of Red Fir. 



The Division of Forestry of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture at the present 

 time has sixteen men in the State of 

 Washington gathering data regarding the 

 growth of Red Fir and how best to keep 

 the land in a productive condition. Fir 

 is a rapidly growing timber and Gifford 

 Pinchot, chief of the division, believes 

 that with proper care there should be a 

 perpetual supply which should maintain 

 Washington as a great lumber producing 



State in perpetuity. Amcr. Lumberman. 



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A Popular Parasite. 



The mistletoe has become so popular 

 as a Christmas decoration in England 

 that it seems likely to be exterminated in 

 certain places. It was formerly permit- 

 ted to grow iu many apple orchards, 

 sometimes seriously injuring the trees, 

 but with the increased demand this has 

 all been removed. In some places steps 

 are being taken to propagate it, and 

 young apple trees can now be purchased, 

 on which the parasite has become estab- 

 lished. Plant World. 



