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THE FORESTER. 



August, 



Congressional Delegation, and the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, a copy of these pre- 

 ambles and resolutions. 



Mr. Hall's paper brought out consider- 

 able discussion which resulted in the fol- 

 lowing resolutions being passed : 



Whereas, The United States Bureau 

 of Forestry is now making a thorough sur- 

 vey of the forest conditions in Nebraska, 

 with a view to the determination of the 

 question of future plantings; 



Resolved, That we look with favor 

 upon these efforts of the Bureau of Forestry 

 and heartily urge that experiments be im- 

 mediately made upon a large scale to de- 

 termine the feasibility of the forestation 

 of the sand hills, suggest that the govern- 

 ment order proper forest reserves therefor. 



State Forestry Such an invitation as that 

 Association for appearing in the lines be- 

 Tennessee. low evinces an awaken- 



ing to the importance of 

 Forestry very gratifying to workers in the 

 cause. 



" State Forestry Association. 



" You are respectfully invited to attend 

 a meeting to be held at Sewanee, Tennes- 

 see, Wednesday morning, August 7, 1901, 

 at 1 1 o'clock, for the purpose of organ- 

 izing a State Forestry Association. The 

 growing interest in the matter of our tim- 

 ber resources encourages the belief that 

 such an organization would be of immense 

 practical advantage. For it would not 

 only bring together those interested in the 

 matter of forest preservation and cultiva- 

 tion, but would in all likelihood foster a 

 healthy public sentiment in regard to the 

 whole subject of our timber supply. Such 

 has been the experience of other States 

 where a Forestry Association exists. 



" The situation of Sewanee on the Cum- 

 berland Mountain and in the midst of the 

 extensive forest belonging to the Univer- 

 sity of the South, now under supervision 

 of expert government foresters, especially 

 commends it as a fitting place for such a 

 meeting as that herein proposed." 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



Sylvan Ontario, A Guide to Our Native Trees 

 and Shrubs. By W. H. Muldrew, Principal 

 of the Gravenhurst High School. Pp.67. Il- 

 lustrated with 131 leaf-drawings. 



This little volume, so attractive in appearance, 

 contains a good description of the native trees 

 of Ontario. It is well illustrated with many 

 leaf-drawings and should prove a valuable aid 

 to beginners in the study of forest botany. To 

 quote from the preface: "The purpose of this 

 little book is to introduce the subject in a 

 popular way to the intelligent reader, to show 

 that there is more in the woods than is found by 

 the scaler with his rule, and that such may be 

 appreciated without the endless terminology of 

 floral botany. On the other hand, the botanist's 

 exactness in method and description is applied 

 with the fewest possible technical terms, and 

 the guide-marks of the woodman are rendered 

 as definite as language will permit." 



Fourth Annual Report of the Forest Preserve 

 Board, of New York for 1900. Pp. 140. Illus- 

 trated with 15 half-tones ; two maps. 

 The opening paragraph of this report states 

 concisely the duties of the Forest Preserve Board 

 and we quote it : "As the powers and duties de- 

 volving on the Forest Preserve Board are lim- 

 ited by law to the purchase of land and settle- 

 ment of litigated titles, its annual report be- 



comes necessarily a plain business statement, 

 leaving forest topics and silvicultural problems 

 to the publications of another department within 

 whose province such discussions more properly 

 belong. At the same time, in order to properly 

 carry on the business connected with the ac- 

 quisition of forest lands and enlargement of the 

 Preserve, the members of the Board have de- 

 voted considerable time to the study of many 

 questions of a technical character which must 

 be considered in deciding on the selection and 

 value of woodlands." 



From this report we learn that 90,96s acres of 

 Adirondack lands were purchased during the 

 year 1900 at an expense of $336,827. 18; while 

 2 7.375 acres during the same time were added 

 by the Catskill Preserve at a cost of $44,558 06. 

 This brings the present area of the Adirondack 

 Preserve up to a total of 1,357,576 acres and the 

 Catskill Preserve now comprises 96,205 acres. 

 The report further shows that on January 1, 

 1901, there was a balance on hand of $252,668.65. 

 The average purchase price per acre of lauds 

 secured prior to January 1, 1901, was $426. 



The report includes a series of half-tones from 

 photos by J. Y. McClintock illustrating " Adi- 

 rondack Tree Habits." Also a list of the lands 

 purchased during the years of 1S97, 1S9S and 

 1S99 : and the text of the laws defining the 

 powers and duties of the Forest Preserve Board. 



