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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



December 



Reserve in southern Nevada, which 

 has just been organized, in order to 

 prevent timber stealing. To assist Mr. 

 Barnett, Deputy Forest Supervisor D. 

 S. Marshall has been temporarily 

 transferred from the Uinta Forest Re- 

 serve, Utah. 



H. J. Brown, formerly Technical 

 Assistant on the Sierra Reserve 

 (North), has been sent to assist W. J. 

 Weigle-in marking timber on the Wyo- 

 ming Division of the Medicine Bow 

 Reserve. 



F. S. Breen, Forest Supervisor of 

 the Black Mesa, San Francisco Moun- 

 tains, and Grand Canyon (South) re- 

 serves, Arizona, has been temporarily 

 detailed to assist in the Office of Re- 

 serve Organization at Washington. T. 

 S. Woolsey, Assistant Forest Inspec- 

 tor, will take charge of these reserves 

 during his absence. 



On November I to 3 a joint Ran- 

 gers' meeting was held at Monte Vis- 

 ta, Colo. F. C. Spencer, R. W. Shel- 

 labarger, and Eugene Williams, For- 

 est Supervisors of the San Juan, Coch- 

 etopa and Wet Mountains, and San 

 Isabel reserves, respectively, with ran- 

 gers, attended. The following techni- 

 cal men were present: R. S. Kellogg, 

 E. R. Hodson, H. S. Sackett, and 

 John T. Wedemeyer. 



A. W. Jensen, Forest Supervisor of 

 the Manti Reserve, Utah, reports a 

 very sucessful rangers' meeting at 

 Ephraim, Utah, October 21 to 27. W. 

 C. Clos, Inspector of Grazing, was 

 present and took part in the discus- 

 sions on grazing. 



Thirteen ranger stations have been 

 established in the San Francisco Moun- 

 tains Reserve, 18 in the Battlement 

 Mesa, 38 in the Medicine Bow, 11 in 

 the Montezuma, and 14 in the San 

 Isabel. 



J. W. Farmer, Forest Supervisor of 

 the Mount Graham Reserve, has been 

 temporarily detailed to examine appli- 

 cations for lands in Arizona made un- 

 der the act of June 11, 1906. H. A. 

 E. Marshall will assume supervision 

 of Supervisor Farmer's reserve during 

 his absence. 



O. C. Snow, Forest Ranger in 

 Charge of the La Sal Reserve, Utah, 

 has made arrangements with the Blue 

 Mountain Telephone and Electric 

 Company by which, in consideration of 

 500 poles, the Service will be allowed 

 free use of the telephone lines to be 

 constructed between La Sal and Moab, 

 with the additional privilege of attach- 

 ing to this line at any point. 



PALO VERDE: THE EVERGREEN TREE 



OF THE DESERT* 



BY 

 PROFESSOR FRANCIS E. LLOYD 



TO the artist and botanist alike the 

 play of colors in the desert is most 

 fascinating, and not a small part in the 

 change of coloration from month to 

 month is taken by the flowers, which 

 develop in great numbers and with 

 remarkable rapidity after the seasonal 

 rains, which occur in early spring and 

 in the late summer. The fact that 

 there are two rainy seasons in our 



southwestern deserts results in what 

 we may very well describe as two 

 springs, instead of spring and autumn. 

 It is noteworthy, however, that the 

 plants which develop into flower and 

 fruitage after the summer rains are 

 not in general the same as those which 

 develop during the spring. 



It is my purpose in this article to 

 speak particularly of a plant which, 



Reprinted from The Plant World. 



