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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



October 



His talks were illustrated by over two 

 hundred colored slides, from his own 

 photographs, taken while making in- 

 vestigations of forest conditions. Mr. 

 Avery T. Searle, a forest assistant in 

 the Forest Service, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, spoke of 

 "Forest Botany," "Silviculture," "For- 

 est Measurements," and "Forest 

 Laws," while Miss Belle Sumner An- 

 gier, of Los Angeles, gave one talk on 

 the flora of the San Jacinto Moun- 

 tains. 



school term, from ten to fifty nature 

 devotees ranging from twelve to sev- 

 enty years of age, go in excursion 

 through the woods, always accompa- 

 nied by one or more experts who ex- 

 plain the names, habits, characteris- 

 tics, uses and advantages of woodland 

 growths, from the moss to pine trees 

 two hundred feet in height. Some- 

 times the students follow the source 

 of a stream through some rocky, sin- 

 uous fern-lined canyon. Frequently 

 the students tramp through open for- 



Strawberry Creek, Idyllwild, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California 



That not only local, but national in- 

 terest in forestry should be created, 

 is of greatest importance, and this is 

 what the Idyllwild School of Forestry 

 is trying to accomplish to make peo- 

 ple more reverent, and more careful, 

 so that forest fires may be prevented 

 and injurious grazing controlled. 



Educationally profitable, and cer- 

 tainly delightful are the outdoor 

 classes. Every morning during the 



ests, over meadows, or up rugged 

 slopes. Once at least during the sum- 

 mer session, all the students take sad- 

 dle horses, blankets, and provisions, 

 and go into the high meadows of the 

 grand peaks of the range, the highest 

 of which, San Jacinto, is 10,70x3 feet 

 above the sea and usually flecked with 

 snow. Three days are required to 

 make this trip. With each increase 

 of altitude, the character and variety 





