Herbarium Although tho horbfcrlttn oollecti.cn Buffered 



a serioun^looa last eunraor In the firo which 

 destroyed Ranger Garrott 7 o hours, much hao been dona toward 

 increasing the collection this year. Over one hundred 

 specimens, including fifty grasses and other ground cover, 

 and fifty of shrubs and trees, have been prepared for ship- 

 ment to the District Office. With, tho addition of . other 

 specimens not yet sorted over, there should be fttloast one 

 hundred fifty speolmona font away. 



Rangers Cray, Garrott and Chamberlain sent in 

 a few speoinene and it is hoped not only theos rangers but 

 others will aesiat the office force in adding to the collection 

 next year. 



Local We aro glad to state that this month it was 

 Contributions necessary to omit some articles because of 



the mraber of contributions received. Now 



that the fire season is over there is time for good thoughtful 

 articles on the various phases of our work. Many of theso 

 discussions would be concerned with improvement work or fire 

 fighting* or timber ee.le&. The ranger, however, because of 

 his close association r/ith the forest, has especially good 

 opportunities to observe the relations of plants to each other 

 and to their environment. 



Scientific) forestry may aould like the class 

 room, but it is only tho application of knowledge based upon 

 observation of things as they actually are. V/e hope, there- 

 fore, that oach ranger will present the conclusions which he 

 has reached as a result of certain observations* In this 

 manner tore will be gr?<dually accumulated a great mass of 

 data concerning our own Porost. 



Another The efficient Poreot officer not only does 

 Invention! hie work well but he realises the value of 

 uoing Ma haad. Assistant Ranger Dox and 

 Guard Thorne n?ade a noat Ingenious reol and box for rolling 

 up the emergoncy tole^hone lino to Weaver Bally Mountain. 

 Not only was the work done erpeditlously but the ooilo are 

 regular and compact, 



Reading Course Assistant Rpjnger Evoroet has received a 



nice letter of consaandatlcn from the District 

 Forester on the work done in last year's reading COITTSO. 

 Besides l!r . Cvorest 1 * rapors, answers on the reading were 

 received frorr. Rangers Gray, Chamberlain and Garrott. which rer* 

 almost equally praiseworthy. The supervisor, in hie various 

 letters, has already presented the necessity for and value of 



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