tected from fire, they will be excellent water-con- 

 servers. When the snows or the rains fall into 

 the lodge-pole thickets, they are beyond the reach 

 of the extra dry winds. If they are protected, the 

 water-supply of the West will be protected ; and 

 if they are destroyed, the winds will evaporate 

 most of the precipitation that falls upon their 

 areas. 



I do not know of any tree that better adjusts 

 itself to circumstances, or that struggles more 

 bravely or successfully. I am hopeful that before 

 many years the school-children of America will 

 be well acquainted with the Lodge-Pole Pine, and 

 I feel that its interesting ways, its struggles, and 

 its importance will, before long, be appreciated 

 and win a larger place in our literature and also 

 in our hearts. 



