The Forester 



Vol. VI 



No. 10 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE 



ADIRONDACK FORESTRY PROBLEMS B. E. FERNOW 229 



Director N. Y. S. College of Forestry 



A GLIMPSE OF FORESTRY IN THE HIMALAYAS F. E. OLMSTED 234 



RAILROAD PLANTATIONS AND CATALPA 237 



A Letter from Mr. JOHN P. BROWN 



FOREST LAW IN THE UNITED STATES. 10-12 . 238 



TREADWELL CLEVELAND, JR. 



THE NATURAL SPREADING TIMBER AREAS CHARLES E. BESSEY 240 



University of Nebraska 



EDITORIAL : 



Fire in the Sierra Madre. The Schools of Forestry. Hope for New Hamp- 

 shire. Prosecutions for Starting Fire 244 



NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENT: 



Forest Fires and the Recent Hurricane. The " Grand Prix " won by 

 Canada. Facts About the Big Tree. Lumbering the Big Trees. Gypsy 

 Moth Colonies. Forest Reserves as Game Preserves. Building Better 

 Than They Knew. Michigan and Her Forests. Comment of a Lumber 

 Review. Growing Timber for Special Purposes. Towns Without a Tree.... 246 



REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PERIODICAL LITERATURE 251 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS 254 



THE PLATFORM OF THE FORESTER 



In order that the good will of its readers may become as effective as possible in aiding to solve our pres- 

 ent forestry 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 conjointly, 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. 

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

 iuto 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. 



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 here find lines of work 

 -uggested, along which every effort will tell. No opportunity for doing good along these lines should be 

 neglected. 



