AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Till; \\IIITi: OAK ONE VAST BANK OF PURPLISH COPPER IX 



< K'TOBER. 



laM ti\e years in the latitude of 



-lain I 'ark. X. J. Add or subtract 



tu" \\eeks for every 1 uo miles north 



"iitli to i^-i approximately the cor- 



dates iii \our own latitude. 



\\ itli tliis working taltle and a rea- 



''le pmii, iencj ui identifying trees 



\isit tin- \\oodlot and take, as it 



ISUS nf stoek in hand. \\'e 



to n^e tlie axe a whole lot, 



I'Mt nut \\itlmut knowing just what \ve 



md HIM what e Heels \ve ex- 



l" i-rniluee. You will find that 



\onr tirM desire will he In have a rea- 



> nnii.lete represiMiialion of the 



"ivurrinij in your locality 



so th.it \..ur wnodlot will also he an ar- 



boretum on a small scale. You will also 

 be delighted to discover quite a number 

 of specimens outside of the immortal 

 forty-five, and may tabulate, including 

 the shrubs, some sixty-five to seventy 

 species in getting acquainted with the 

 fascinating tree neighbors that inhabit 

 your woodlot. 



Be also at the same time on the keen 

 lookout for "possibilities." By that I 

 mean those little delicious bits of land- 

 scape that Nature has already been 

 working over, the kind that the artist's 

 sensitive perception seizes upon nat- 

 ural groves ; brook vistas ; a woodsey 

 meadow filled with riotous sumac and 

 a magnificent scarlet oak growing in it, 



