Dr. William Sounders 



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Bramluii. Maiiitolia. and liuliaii 

 Ilt-ad, Saskatc'lu'waii, liavf been a 

 soiiroe of inspiration and information 

 in farm forestry, and the westiM-n 

 plantings were the forerniniers of the 



system of fn-e distribution oi trees 

 to farmers for phintin^ about their 

 homesteads, whieli lias now grown to 

 sueii innnense i>ropoi'tions under the 

 Domiinon Forest r\' liraneh. 



View at Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, in Arboretum laid out under the direc- 

 tion of the late Dr. Saunders. 



DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY RETURNS. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell. Dominion 

 Director of Forestry, Ottawa, return- 

 ed early in September from a visit of 

 over two months in Europe. He first 

 attended the fiftieth annual meetin<r 

 of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 

 Society in Edinburgh, and visited 

 with the members a number of the 

 fore.st plantations in Scotland. Here 

 he was honored by being made an 

 Honorary Member of the Society, 

 which has done so much to encourage 

 forestry in Great Britain. Aftei- 

 visiting some of the English forests, 

 Mr. Campbell went to France, and 

 spent some time in the southwest. He 

 was at Nancy, the seat of the great 

 French forestry school, when the first 

 rumors of war were heard. He passed 

 over to Switzerland, and was there 

 when one countrv after another de- 



clared war. This not only .stopped his 

 projected visits to German and Swed- 

 ish forests, but rendered it difTii-idt 

 foi' him. for a time, to get Ijack to 

 London, which he eventually did, 

 after some rather exciting and un- 

 pleasant incidents. 



CALIFORNIA FIRE PROTECTION. 



The California State Board of Forestry 

 has issued its annual report for 101.3. It 

 shows the reasons for forest profection 

 and the loss which all citizens of the state 

 sustain from forest fires. Besides issuing 

 literature to impress citizens with the 

 enormous waste now going on through 

 forest fires, the Board issues booklets for 

 circulation throughout the schools of the 

 state, to which present the idea in suitable 

 form for the children to grasp. April 18 

 was proclaime<l by the Governor as fire 

 prevention day, when a concerted effort 

 to reduce the number of fire traps was 

 made, particularly on clearings in the 

 farming districts. 



