902. 



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Calaveras River, in that^^state; which 

 was referred to the Committee on Com- 

 merce. 



March 26, 



Mr. Gamble, from the Committee on 

 the Public Lands, to whom was referred 

 the bill (H. R. 30S4) for the relief of 

 bona fide settlers in forest reserves, re- 

 ported it with an amendment, and sub- 

 mitted a report thereon. 



March 31. 



The bill (S. 255) for the improvement 

 of the Mount Rainier National Park, in 



the State of Washington, was considered 

 as in Committee of the Whole. It ap- 

 propriates ^25 ,000, to be expended under 

 the superA'ision of the Secretary of the 

 Interior, for the purpose of improving 

 the Mount Rainier National Park, in the 

 State of Washington, and for the pro- 

 tection of the park and the construction 

 and repair of bridges, fences, and trails, 

 and improvement and construction of 

 roads. The bill was reported to the 

 Senate without amendment, ordered to 

 be engrossed for a third reading, read 

 the third time, and passed. 



THE PLANTING OF EXOTIC TREES IN SOUTHERN 



FLORIDA. 



PART II. 



By Dr. John Gifford, 

 New York vState College of Forestry. 



THROUGHOUT the tropical re- 

 l^^gions there are man}' lec^uminous 

 trees which are valuable for the products 

 which the}- yield and for soil betterment. 

 Some of them 3'ield tannin (Divi Divi) ; 



some valuable dyewoods (Logwood and 

 Brazilwood). Many are very valuable 

 for timbers ; some are used as nurse and 

 shelter trees; such as Erthryna iimbrosa, 

 which is used so much to shade choco- 



POINCIANA REGIA IN NASSAU ; SHOWS ITS UMBRELLA SHAPE WHICH GIVES IT ESPECIAL 



VALUE AS A SHADE TREE. 



