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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A Broken Coniferous Forest 



THIS IS IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT SHASTA IN THE SHASTA NATIONAL FOREST, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AND 

 THIS TYPE OF FOREST MAY BE SEEN FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD LINE WHICH PASSES MOUNT SHASTA 



apparent scantiness to the forest, yellow 

 pine, for example, often growing in 

 open parklike stands which permit 



grass or chaparral to grow densely 

 underneath. 



(To be continued in August.) 



AMERICAN WILLOW INDUSTRY 



BECAUSE the European supply 

 of willow rods has been largely 

 cut off several American manu- 

 facturers of willow furniture 

 and baskets have asked the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for the addresses 

 of persons in this country who have 

 taken up willow growing. For some 

 years the Department has distributed 

 willow cuttings of imported varieties 

 with a view to developing the produc- 

 tion of high-grade willow rods in the 

 United States. The usual imports of 

 willows come chiefly from England 

 Belgium, Holland, France and Germany, 



but these sources have been practically 

 closed for several months. 



One manufacturer reports that Japa- 

 nese osiers are taking the market 

 formerly supplied by Germany, at a 

 slightly higher price. Finished willow 

 baskets from Japan have come in 

 where split bamboo was the only 

 Japanese basket ware on sale before the 

 war. As a consequence of the shortage 

 of imported osiers, it is said, the price 

 of American willows has increased and 

 growers here are meeting with a heavy 

 demand for their product. 



