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stamps, money, and laws. The at- 

 mosphere is decidedly Italian, the 

 government alone is Teutonic. A 

 sojourn of a few days in cities and a 

 longer period of travel on foot through 

 rural portions of these provinces fur- 

 nished abundant and convincing proof 

 to the writer that the inhabitants were 

 eagerly and almost unanimously 

 awaiting the day when they would be 

 redeemed or incorporated into the 

 kingdom of Italy. This prolonged 

 political unrest may be at least a 

 partial explanation for the present 

 unsatisfactory forest conditions. 



The forests of the other countries 

 of southern Europe, most of them 

 now at war, are not exactly like those 

 described but they have many points 

 in common. They are, as a rule, 

 poorly stocked and mismanaged. A 

 general perspective may be obtained 

 by classifying them under two head- 

 ings, viz. : wood importing and wood 

 exporting countries. 



Wood Importing, Wood Exporting, 



Italy, Roumania, 



Servia, Bulgaria. 



Greece, 

 Spain, 



Portugal, 

 Turkey. 



All the above-named wood import- 

 ing countries, except Servia, have a 

 small forest area per capita of popula- 

 tion.- Servia has a total forest area of 

 3,750,000 acres, about 37 per cent, of 

 which is classified as state forest land. 

 In spite of. this large forest area con- 

 siderably more wood is imported than 

 exported. This is due to the unor- 

 ganized condition of forest utilization. 

 Roumania and Bulgaria, the only 

 countries whose exports exceed im- 

 ports, have forest areas of 6,250,000 

 and 7,570,000 acres respectively. In 

 both countries the hardwood, chiefly 

 oaks, beech, elm and walnut in the 

 southern part of Bulgaria, comprise 

 more than 75 per cent, of the forest 

 area. These extensive and unex- 

 ploited forests are a valuable asset and 

 will become more valuable as recon- 

 struction progresses after the war. 

 The consequent loss, however, will be 



enormous and the damage in in- 

 numerable cases irreparable. 



J. S. ILLICK. 



From "Among The Trees." 

 Ye have no history. I ask in vain 

 Who planted on this slope this lofty 



group 

 Of ancient pear-trees that with the 



springtime burst 

 Into such breadth of bloom. . . . 



Who was it laid 

 Their infant roots in earth, and ten- 

 derly 

 Cherished the delicate sprays, I ask 

 in vain, 



Yet bless the unknown hand to which 



I owe 

 The annual festival of trees, these 



songs 

 Of birds within their leafy screen, 



these shouts 

 Of joy, from children gathering up 



the fruit, 

 Shaken in August from the willing 



boughs. 



— Bryant. 



B. C. Exporters Co-operate. 

 Arrangements have been completed 

 in Victoria, B.C., between all the 

 exporting manufacturers of lumber 

 in the province, with one exception, 

 to pool their output for export pur- 

 poses and have it handled by the Can- 

 adian Trading Company, which was 

 incorporated for this purpose recently 

 under British Columbia legislation. 

 This company, through its connec- 

 tions in London and San Francisco, 

 will be able to guarantee tonnage for 

 lumber shipments within a very short 

 time, and has also chartered all the 

 vessels now being built in British 

 Columbia yards for the lumber trade, 

 with one exception. 



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