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Canadian Forcstrij Jaiirnal, .J iim , 1915 



Forest Research Leaders to Cooperate 



In order to bring together the in- 

 dividuals and organizations interested 

 in forest research in Canada and to 

 economize effort and facilitate pro- 

 gress, Mr. R. H. Campbell, Dominion 

 Director of Forestry, has formed an 

 advisory committee in connection 

 with the Branch. The members will 

 be called upon from time to time to 

 suggest problems for investigation, to 

 pass upon all projects planned and to 

 revise information regarding results 

 for publication. Communication will 

 be mainly confined t > correspondence, 

 as frequent and general meetings 

 would not be possible. No remuner- 

 ation is attached to the work. The 

 following have been invited to become 

 members : 



Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean, Univer- 

 sity of Toronto Forestry School ; to 

 represent forest management and sil- 

 vicultural aspect of forest research. 



Clyde Leavitt, Forester; to repre- 

 sent Conservation Commission and 

 forest protection researches. 



AV. N. ^Millar, Assistant Professor 

 of Forestry, University of Toronto 

 Forest School; to represent forest 

 mensuration and engineering aspects 

 of forest research. 



R. B. ]\Iiller, Dean, University of 

 New Brunswick Forest School; to re- 

 present JMaritime Provinces. 



Ellwood Wilson, Forester Lauren- 

 tide Company; to represent Quebec 

 private timber owners. 



G. C. Piche, Forester Province of 

 Quebec; to represent Quebec Provin- 

 cial Government. 



E. J. Zavitz, Forester, Province of 

 Ontario ; to represent Ontario Pro- 

 vincial Government. 



H. R. MacMillan, Forester, British 

 Columbia ; to represent British Col- 

 umbia Provincial Government. 



L. M. Ellis, Forester, Canadian Pa- 

 cific Railway ; to represent Canadian 

 Railways. 



Dr. Judson F. Clark, Clark & Ly- 

 ford. Consulting Foresters; to repre- 

 sent Private Foresters, both east and 

 west. 



Dr. H. I\I. Speechly, President, 

 Alanitoba Horticultural and Forestry 

 Association, to represent farm fores- 

 try in prairie provinces. 



J. H. White, Instructor, University 

 of Toronto Forest School; to repre- 

 sent technological and botanical as- 

 pects of forest research. 



Dr. C. D. Howe, Associate Profes- 

 sor, University of Toronto Forest 

 School ; to represent silvical aspects 

 of forest research. 



THE UNPOPULAR POPLAR. 



Editor, Canadian Forestry Journal : 



With the statement of Mr. R. C. 

 Tefft, Hudson Falls, N.Y., regarding 

 the uselessness of poplar, which was 

 contained in the last issue of the Jour- 

 nal, I heartily concur. A considerable 

 experience in Eastern Canada satisfies 

 me that poplar should be regarded as 

 a weed and killed out wherever pos- 

 sible. The only legitimate use I have 

 ever seen for it is in mixing with 

 spruce for the finer grades of maga- 

 zine paper. In Western Canada, I 

 admit that poplar may sometimes be 

 called a ' farmer 's tree ' for the reason 

 that nothing better may be at hand 

 and the rate of growth of the poplar 

 is, of course, very pleasing to the man 

 who is in a hurry. 



J. V. C. 

 Toronto, Out., June 1. 



The forest wealth of Quebec pro- 

 vince is placed at $600,000,000, of 

 which white and red pine represent 

 $200,000,000, spruce and balsam 

 $250,000,000, other pulpwood $100,- 

 000,000. hardwoods $25,000,000, and 

 cedar $25,000,000. 



