1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



26' 



PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



"Three Hundred Miles on the Colorado 

 River" is the title of a neat booklet which 

 gives an account of a hunting, canipint^, and 

 exploring trip by the boys of Agassiz Hall, a 

 well-known California school. These mid- 

 winter excursions by the students of Agassiz 

 Hall have become annual affairs and add much 

 to the otherwise attractive life of the school. 



Agassiz Hall is at Alta, a small station on the 

 Central Pacific Railroad, in the pine forests of 

 the vSierra Nevada Mountains, 3,700 feet above 

 sea-level. 



Agassiz Hall is a home school, where teach- 

 ers and students meet on the intimate personal 

 relationship of a large family. It offers the 

 greatest freedom possible. It is a select school 

 and receives boys only on recommendation. 

 The number of boj's received is limited to four- 

 teen. The teaching force is large, so that each 

 bo}' receives practically private tutoring. Each 

 boy has his own separate room. Boys ma}' 

 keep horses if their parents wish. There is 

 unexcelled opportunit}- for outdoor recreation, 

 and boys are encouraged to ride, swim, row, 

 fish, shoot, trap, snowshoe, build log cabins, 

 and practice woodcraft as an aid toward devel- 

 oping self-reliance, quickness of observation, 

 and insight. The climate is such that there 

 have been camping parties for one or two 

 nights each two weeks throughout the winter. 

 The boys are taught field work in natural his- 

 tory, and in out-of-school hours several boys 

 have made valuable collections of skins of 

 mammals and .birds. 



There is conducted, in connection with the 

 school, Camp Agassiz, which is primarily a 

 boys' camp under the direction of the head- 

 master of Agassiz Hall, who, with his family, 

 makes this camp his summer home. The camp 

 is in the High Sierras, near the famous Glen 

 Alpine Soda Spring and Resort, seven miles 

 southwest of Tallac and 6,700 feet above sea- 

 level. It is open from June 20 to September 

 10, 



The enormous growth of the business of 

 Thomas INIeehan & Sons has made it necessary 

 to establish a complete office at their Uresher- 

 town, Pa., Nurseries. This will be under the 

 direct charge of Thomas B. Meehan, who will 

 devote his entire energies to increasing the 

 wholesale branch of the business. The innova- 

 tion will be made July i , and after that date 

 all wholesale business will be transacted at 

 Dreshertown. At that place the firm owns 200 

 acres of land which seem specially adapted for 

 growing high-grade hardy ornamentals. 



The Groszmann School, formerly located at 

 Vares, Virginia, but now at "Pinehurst," cor- 

 ner Ft. Washington Avenue and Depot Lane, 

 New York, has been established for the benefit 



of a small number of exceptional children 

 whose individual needs require physical, men- 

 tal, and moral treatment by experts. The di- 

 rector of the school, Dr. paed. Maximilian P. E. 

 Groszmann, has wide experience as an edu- 

 cator, principal, and student of and writer 

 on educational science. He was for many 

 years superintendent of the " Ethical Culture 

 Schools " of this city, founded by Dr. Felix 

 Adler, and recognized as a pioneer institution 

 of modern pedagogy. The adoption of genu- 

 inely progressive methods, and the promotion 

 of the most cordial relations between teacher, 

 pupil, and parent have always been the chief 

 characteristics of Dr. Groszmann's work He 

 is assisted by competent teachers. 



The practical courses in forestry by ]\Ir. F. 

 von Hoffman, which, as announced in the April 

 and May numbers of Forkstry and Irrig.\- 

 TION, were to be given at Glen Summit, Lu- 

 zerne County, Pennsylvania, during the pres- 

 ent summer, have been indefiniteh- postponed. 

 This action has been made necessary owing to 

 the destruction by fire of the forests in which 

 the demonstrations were to have taken place. 



The severe forest fires throughout Luzerne 

 County during the last week in April passed 

 over the tract used by Mr. von Hoffman as a 

 demonstration forest and ruined his work of 

 last season, making it impossil)le to begin his 

 courses as announced. While temporarily 

 forced to abandon this work, Mr. von Hoffman 

 will continue his work as landscape architect 

 and forest engineer, as announced in his ad- 

 vertisement on another page of this issue. 



We beg to call the attention of our readers to 

 the advertisements in this numberof Forestry 

 AND Irrigation. A numberof new announce- 

 ments appear in this issue, and with these, as 

 in the case of other advertisements, we have 

 satisfied ourselves that they are from reputable 

 business houses. This is to be our policy in 

 admitting advertisers to the pages of Forestry 

 and Irrigation : not to accept the advertise- 

 ments of any but reliable people 



Forestry and Irrigation is growing in 

 circulation and influence, and an increasing 

 number of advertisers are taking space in its 

 pages. Our readers can help the magazine by 

 mentioning the fact that the}- saw the adver- 

 tisement in Forestry and Irrigation when 

 corresponding or dealing with any of the firms 

 whose announcements appear in these pages. 

 This will be a help both to the magazine and 

 to the advertisers, as the latter are anxious to 

 know the effect of their advertisement. 



If you have friends interested in the subjects 

 to which this magazine is devoted, send us their 

 names and we shall take pleasure in mailing 

 them sample copies. 



