The Forester 



Vol. VI No. 9 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 FOREST FIRE IN THE SIERRA MADRES Frontispiece 



ON THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE GYPSY MOTH ON AMERICAN 



FORESTS N. S. SEALER 203 



Harvard University. 



THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA WM. R. DUDLEY 206 



Stanford University. 



FOREST LAW IN THE UNITED STATES. 9 TREADWELL CLEVELAND, JR. 210 



PROGRESS IN TREE-PLANTING IN THE UNITED STATES 213 



J. W. TOUMEY, Vale Forest School. 



SECOND GROWTH PINE vs. AGRICULTURE W. M. HAYES 214 



University of Minnesota. 



A RECENT FIRE IN THE SIERRA MADRES 216 



OBITUARY Victor B. Fay Hiram Hurlbut 219 



EDITORIAL : 



An Announcement. Put Out the Camp Fire. What Forestry Isn't. 

 Spread of Interest in Forestry. An "American Reforestation Company." 220 



NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENT: 



The Forest Garden. Striking Case of Indifference. The Lumber Trans- 

 gressor. Fire and Natural Reforestation. Planting Evergreen Seeds. 

 Fish and Game in the Park. Smoke of Forest Fires off Shore. Forest 

 Fires in the Rockies 223 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS 227 



THE PLATFORM OF THE FORESTER 



In order to assist its readers to grasp present problems the FORESTER indicates five directions in which 

 an effective advance is chiefly needed. 



1. The forest work of the United States Government which is now being carried on by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, the General Land Office, and the Geological Survey, should be completely and formally 

 unified. The division of authority between the three offices involves great waste, and consolidation is 

 directly and emphatically pointed to by the present voluntary co-operation between them. 



2. A system of forest management under the administration of trained foresters should be introduced 

 into the national and state forest reserves and parks. 



3. Laws for the protection of the forests against fire and trespass should be adapted to the needs of 

 each region and supported by the provisions and appropriations necessary for their rigorous enforcement. 



4. Taxation of forest lands should be regulated so that it will encourage not forest destruction but 

 conservative forest management. 



6. The attention of owners of woodlands should be directed to forestry and to the possibilities of ap- 

 plying better methods of forest management. 



Persons asking themselves how they can best serve the cause of forestry will find suggested here lines 

 of work along which every effort will tell. No opportunity for doing good along these lines should be 

 neglected. 



