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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



1906 



one of the New England colleges and 

 has participated in the work of fur- 

 thering a rational system of forestry 

 for this section. In this work the 

 co-operation of the Boston & Maine 

 Railroad has been of decided value. 

 Its representatives have attended the 

 meetings of the Society for Protection 

 of New Hampshire Forests and simi- 

 lar bodies, and on occasion of the For- 

 est Congress in Washington last win- 

 ter it was represented by a special 

 delegate. 



Through the courtesy of the of- 

 ficials, the writer has been enabled to 

 become acquainted with a number of 



station agent ten dollars' worth of ten- 

 der bedding plants for the decoration 

 and improvement of his station had, 

 however, long been practiced by the 

 company. 



The practice of awarding prizes for 

 effective plantings in the immediate 

 vicinity of station buildings had great- 

 ly encouraged the agents in the work ; 

 but while for a short time during the 

 latter part of the summer the effect of 

 these efforts was pleasing, it did not 

 satisfy Mr. Curtis, and he began in 

 a quiet way to direct the efforts of 

 his men toward a more permanent re- 

 ward for their labors. 



Rockingham Junction, N. H. A sample of Modern Forestry. 



the men immediately in charge of the 

 carrying out of the landscape improve- 

 ment work of the road. 



Among those with whom he has 

 talked and exchanged ideas is Mr. 

 Lowville Curtis, general roadmaster 

 of the Western Division, who has been 

 in the employ of the company for a 

 number of years and is not only an ex- 

 cellent engineer, but has a marked 

 taste for all horticultural and forestry 

 pursuits. 



Four or live years ago scarcely any- 

 thing important was being done in the 

 way of embellishing the grounds about 

 depots. The custom of allowing each 



He began to advocate the use of 

 perennial shrubs and vines. An in- 

 teresting incident occurred about this 

 time. Mr. Curtis learned that one of 

 his laborers had worked in a nursery 

 in the old country. Upon questioning 

 him as to the proper way to propagate 

 Hydrangeas, the laborer replied in such 

 fluency of scientific terms that Mr. 

 Curtis at once directed his energies 

 into the landscape gardening depart- 

 ment 



According as he could be spared, 

 the man took cuttings, collected seeds 

 and plants and propagated and 



