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along? The loss thus is, however, no 

 greater than from private orchards along 

 the roads; and there is, of course, a fine 

 or imprisonment ready for the trespasser 

 here, as there is in so many instances in this 

 land of the ' Verboten.' When the fruit 

 is well advanced towards ripeness an auc- 

 tion is held and the different sections of 

 the roads are knocked down to the highest 

 bidder. Thus the township receives a defi- 

 nite amount, and the purchaser sells the 

 fruit for the highest price he can get." 



merely a question of planting timber trees 

 for profit. No country with a forest area 

 anything like that of the United States is 

 so poorly equipped for maintenance, and 

 though the 30,000 acres of New York 

 State devoted for the benefit of the entire 

 nation is but a trifling area in proportion, 

 still it is a step in the right direction. 

 American Gardening'. 



The Coming of the Light. 



It is a healthy sign that more and more 

 attention is being paid to the question of 

 forestry by the several State governments. 

 We have very frequently in the past urged 

 the vital importance of intelligent forestry, 

 but, while regretting the absence of any 

 widespread general interest or action, it 

 has been fully realized that the best results 

 to the nation would accrue, not from an 

 effervescent though enthusiastic move- 

 ment, but from a slower growth. It is 

 essential for the best results that the urgent 

 necessity be a deep-rooted conviction, 

 which can only be developed as slow 

 growth. The very fact that forestry is 

 receiving serious attention after such a 

 period of laxity may be looked upon as a 

 healthy clause in the future of our national 

 forests. 



America is undoubtedly in a condition 

 far ahead of that which confronted the 

 governments of France, Germany, and 

 the other European countries at the time 

 when they turned their attention to the 

 preservation of their forests ; and with 

 characteristic energy, when the present 

 gentle awakening becomes a strong and 

 hearty movement, the forests of America 

 will be placed on a footing so far above 

 that of the European forests as to surprise 

 our own people. And, moreover, America, 

 in this, as in so many other things, has 

 the benefit of being able to learn what not 

 to do from the errors of those countries 

 which have gone before. 



Our foresters will have to deal very 

 largely with the reclaiming and manage- 

 ment of the original forest land; it is not 



Arousing Popular Interest. 



Several papers on forestry will be read 

 at the Forty-second Annual Meeting of the 

 Missouri State Horticultural Society, to be 

 held in the Opera House, Princeton, Mo., 

 December 5th, 6th and 7th. Among the 

 papers will be : 



"Forestry for Missouri, will it Pay?" 

 by D. C. Burson, Kansas City, Mo. ; 

 "The Care and Management of Street 

 Trees," by Prof. H. C. Irish, of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, and Hermann 

 Von Schrenk, of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture; "Ornamental Trees," by 

 H. R. Wayman, of Alvord, Mo. ; " Why 

 our Trees are Short-lived," bv Prof. J. C. 

 Whitten, of Columbia, Mo. 



An Appreciation of Forestry. 



Mr. Gifford Pinchot, chief forester of 

 the government, has just issued A Primer 

 of Forestry, being Bulletin 24, Division of 

 Forestry, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture. It is well bound, beautifully and 

 profusely illustrated, and contains a vast 

 amount of valuable information for the 

 public at large and especially for citizens 

 of Oregon and Washington, where forest 

 protection is becoming a pertinent ques- 

 tion, and is receiving attention at the hands 

 of men densely ignorant of the subject, as 

 well as a few who are well informed. 

 The author is probably the ablest forester 

 on the American continent at the present 

 time and this book is intended for the 

 general public, consequently it is written 

 . in a popular manner and is free of scien- 

 tific terms. Children of the schools should 

 read it as well as business men, stockmen, 

 lumbermen, professional men ami all others 

 interested in forests and forest protection. 

 Oregon Native Son, Port/and, Oregon. 



