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and showing the need of a comprehen- 

 sive^ plan for the whole street in the 

 matter of tree removals and replanting. 



The charts and the pamphlet together 

 make it easily apparent that the usual 

 aversion to any sort of thinning of 

 trees in public highways or parks is a 

 mistaken attitude. 



The committee have as yet charted 

 only those trees on the roadway side 

 of the property lines, but it is expected 

 that property owners along the street, 

 which is widely known for its perspective 

 of arching trees and its well kept lawns, 



will conform in their tree planting 

 activities to the general plan indicated 

 by the committee. 



In addition to this landscape study, 

 the committee supplements the town 

 and private activities in the nature of 

 spraying, trimming, and general care 

 of the trees and expects to systematically 

 call the attention of the residents of the 

 town to any State or Federal bulletins 

 on these general subjects as may be 

 from time to time available for general 

 distribution. 



MARYLAND CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 



THE first annual conference of the 

 Maryland Conservation Asso- 

 ciation at John Hopkins Univer- 

 sity, proved to be a very success- 

 ful and encouraging gathering of Mary- 

 landers in the good cause. The preamble 

 to the by-laws of the association contains 

 the statement that this association has 

 been formed through the interest aroused 

 by the Fifth National Conservation 

 Congress, which was largely attended 

 by Marylanders. That those attending 

 the Congress felt desirous of advancing 

 the cause of conservation in Maryland, 

 and of reviving the organization formed 

 some years ago for that purpose. 



The addresses at the conference were 

 as follows : 



Conservation in the Nation and in the 

 State, Senator Moses E. Clapp, of 

 Minnesota. 



The Smith-Lever-A gricultural 

 Demonstration Bill, Congressman A. F. 

 Lever, of South Carolina. 



Relation of Farm Co-operative Dem- 

 onstration Work to Soil Fertility, Brad- 



ford Knapp, Esq., United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Bird Refuges and Game Propagation, 

 John B. Burnham, Esq., New York, 

 President, American Game Protective 

 & Propagation Association. 



The Shellfish Industry, Dr. H. F. 

 Moore, Chief, Division of Fisheries. 



The Bearing of Pollution of Tidal 

 Water on Health, and the Necessity of 

 Control of Pollution, Surgeon H. S. 

 Gumming, United States Public Health 

 Service. 



The Value to Maryland of the Con- 

 trol of Water Carried Diseases in Town 

 and County, and Measures Necessary 

 to Accomplish It, Surgeon L. L. Lums- 

 den, United States Public Health Ser- 

 vice. 



Patapsco Forest Reserve, Miss Kath- 

 arine Lurman. 



Old Fort Frederick, Judge Henry 

 Stockbridge. 



Forestry, Dr. Henry S. Drinker, 

 President, American Forestry Associa- 

 tion and President, Lehigh University , Pa. 



GEORGE W. VANDERBILT DEAD 



IT WAS with the deepest regret that 

 members of the American Forestry 

 Association heard of the death re- 

 cently of Mr. George W. Vaiiderbilt, 

 of Washington, D. C., a vice president 

 of the association and a man who has 

 done much for the cause of forestry. The 

 success of the forest planting on the 



estate of Mr. Vanderbilt at Biltmore 

 has long been known to students of 

 forestry and has been an object lesson 

 and an inspiration for similar work in 

 other parts of the country. What Mr. 

 Vanderbilt has done for forestry will 

 be the theme of an article in an early 

 issue of AMERICAN FORESTRY. 



