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THE FORESTER. 



December 



basswood honey, will possibly in the fu- 

 ture have to depend upon clover and other 

 sources, and instead of ranking among the 

 leading States for honey they may pos- 

 sibly in time drop down to second place. 

 Already supply manufacturers are begin- 

 ning to consider what material they will 

 have to use for sections when Basswood is 

 gone." 



The Sportsman's Willow. 



A gigantic Willow tree, which had 

 been planted near the River Chelmer at 

 Boreham, Essex, in England, in 1S35, 

 was cut down sometime ago and has been 

 found to weigh nearly 12 tons. It was 

 10 1 feet long, and 5^ feet in diameter, a 

 magnificent piece of willow. It is said 

 that this one tree contained wood suf- 

 ficient for making more than a thousand 

 fine cricket bats. 



Transplanting Carolina Poplars, 



An attempt will shortly be made to 

 transplant Carolina Poplars, a species of 

 Cottonwood, in Pennsylvania. Timber of 

 this species is said to make excellent wood 

 pulp, and it is ready for cutting within 

 fifteen years from the date of planting. 

 Dr. J. T. Rothrock, Commissioner of 

 Forestry, determined to make the experi- 

 ment on a large body of land in Pike 

 County which recently reverted to the 

 State. 



A Great Opportunity. 



In connection with the valuable sugges- 

 tions on the care and commercial culture 

 of trees from the pen of Mr. Pinchot, it is 

 pleasant to recall the words of Dr. Hale, 

 of Boston, at the last annual meeting (the 

 forty-second) of the first Village Improve- 

 ment Society in America, the Laurel Hill 

 Association of Stockbridge, Mass. 



The preservation, enlargement and im- 

 provement of our forest domain was, he 

 said, "the great opportunity and necessity 

 of our country," though he prayed that 

 forestry- might be preserved from "those 

 landscape gardeners who know better how 

 to plant a garden than God in Eden." Its 



forests, said Dr. Hale, had made America. 

 It was sassafras and planks that had paid 

 the Pilgrims' debt to their English credi- 

 tors. It was a New Hampshire staff that 

 had carried the admiral's flag into Santiago 

 Bay. Yet many States derive nothing 

 from their woodlands, and he wished that 

 the States might use whatever surplus was 

 at their disposal in making forests where 

 now are deserts. 



This is a measure that is greatly needed, 

 or will be by the coming generation. Our 

 resources are not inexhaustible. Indeed 

 they are already within measurable dis- 

 tance of exhaustion. The laws that we 

 have are inadequate. It may be noted 

 that Germany, France and Switzerland 

 are constantly adding to their forest pre- 

 serves and that they make them the source 

 of considerable revenue. No man or na- 

 tion is rich enough to be a spendthrift. 

 Churchman, New York City. 



Impressions of European Forestry. 



An American tourist, cycling through 

 Germany, has thus written of the roadside 

 trees : 



" These trees are either for shade pur- 

 poses or are fruit trees, carefully tended, 

 which produce a good revenue for the 

 maintenance of the road. The Lombardy 

 Poplar is the most striking of the first class 

 and perhaps the most common ; as these 

 Poplars are so very slender they are planted 

 close together and consequently with their 

 great height furnish a fair shade except 

 when the sun is directly over the road. 

 Others of the shade trees are Elm, Linden, 

 Beech and Horse Chestnut. One can ride 

 for miles on the sunniest days and be con- 

 stantly in total or partial shade; and this 

 feature makes touring in the Summer 

 months quite pleasant. 



" The fruit trees, however, presented 

 even greater features of interest, for they 

 furnish not only an excellent shade, but 

 also a fairly regular source of revenue. 

 They belong to the ' Kreis,' or township, 

 as we would say, and are as carefully 

 tended as the trees in the best kept orchard. 

 One's first thought on seeing them is 

 Will not the fruit be stolen by those going 



