FOREST NOTES 833 



ments now up in Pacific states. The independent institution and yet retain 



stumpage situation and its trend is all the advantages connected with to 



another subject chosen for expert analy- instruction work in the University 



_ proper and the Agricultural College. 



It thus becomes the only forestry school 



Foresters will be interested in the an- 2 the s uth< The sch o1 is now being 



nouncement that Charles Deerina of Chi- tnorou g hl y equipped and Prof. Berry 



cago and W. A. Wadsworth of Genesco ex Pf cts to secure a large number of 



N. Y., members of the American Genetic st ^ents^ 



Association, have offered two prizes of i / y 1S a S raduate of the Col- 



$100 each for two photographs one of ge Forestr y' University of Minne- 



the largest tree of a nut-bearing varietv J ta '- Spent fifteen months in the Forest 



in the United States, and one of the ^ervice as Forest Assistant on the Inyo 



largest broad-leaf tree which does not Natlonal Forest of California; was for 



-ea ree wc oes not or 



bear edible seeds. In the first class for o W ye f S mstructor in forestry at the 



example, are included trees such as Fenns y lvan ia State College where he 



chestnut, oak, walnut, butternut and $" aS S ranted the de gree of Master of 



pecan; and in the second, trees such as C1 ? nce as , a result of s P eci al investi- 



elm, birch, maple, cottonwood and g atl ^e work in range problems. He 



, , , oo an . 



tulip poplar. No photographs of cone- S A Pe lt . o r rteen months in Germany and 



bearing trees are wanted, since it is Austna : Hun g a ry, completing one year's 



definitely known that the California the Univer sitat Munchen 



big trees have no rivals among conifers S . was a Candid ate Doctor der 



At a later time the association may take Staats ^ssenschaft. 



up the same question as between the ff Georgia btate Forest School will 



various kinds of conifers as pines a re ? ular four year course in for- 



spruces, firs, cedars, and cypresses 3f try leadm g to the degree Bachelor of 



The purpose of the competition is to A sma11 amoun t of forestry- 



find out in what regions the native trees ^ \. mtroduce d in the Freshman and 



attain their largest growth , and under b P homore y ea rs, but the bulk of the 



what conditions they thrive best When ^ come later - Following the 



these large trees are located and the Jun ; or y f ar , 1S a summer camp of eight 



measurements authenticated, the asso- We . lch Wl11 be lar gely devoted to 



ciation hopes that it may be possible Sm 7f ym g> mensuration, forest botany 



to secure seeds, cuttings, or grafting and orest ecology. 

 wood from thrifty trees in the region 



where they grow, to see whether finer The Massachusetts State Forestry 



specimens may be propagated in other Association has announced another 



parts of the country. It is hoped in annual tree planting contest following 



this manner to get some particularly the successful one of this year and as a 



choice strains of native trees established prize will plant in each of the 'four win- 



in regions where good specimens are ning towns one hundred shade trees 



not now found. The contest ends July The towns are divided into four groups' 



according to size, and to be eligible 

 for a prize a town must plant at least 



Prof Tames R RP, one hundred trees. Those planting the 



Berry has been most and having the largest number of 



placed in charge of the Department of living trees on Sept 15 101 S 



Forestry of the State College of Agri- awarded the prizes 'The trees' 



culture at Athens Ga., and the Board must be eiglS feet or ovlr I 



of Trustees on October 13 changed the and the branches should be p 



name of the department to the Georgia pruned at the time of the p 



State Forest School. In this way the For full particulars write the Assodat 



school has all the privileges of an at 4 Joy Street, Boston Mass 



