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Canadian Forestry Journal, October, i(?i3. 



WHAT DO WE PLANT? 



(By Henry Abbey.) 

 What do we plant when we plant a 



tree? 

 We plant a ship which will cross the 



sea. 

 We plant a mast to carry the sails : 

 We plant the beams to withstand 



the gales — ■ 

 A keel a keelson, and prow and 



knee ; 

 We plant a ship when we plant a 



tree. 



What do we plant when we plant a 



tree? 

 We plant the houses for you and me, 

 We plant the pillars, the shingles, 



the floors. 

 AVe plant the studding, the laths, 



the doors. 

 The rafters and roof, all parts that 



be: 

 A\'e plant a home when we plant a 



tree. 



What do we plant when we plant a 



tree? 

 A thousand boons that we daily see : 

 We plant a spire to out-climb the 



crag. 

 We plant a staff for our country's 



flag. 

 We plant a shade, from the fierce 



sun free ; 

 We plant all wealth when we plant 



a tree ! 



CEA. MEMBERS ON ROLL 

 OE HONOUR. 



There are a good many members 

 of the Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion and their sons and brothers in 

 the firing-line in France and Bel- 

 gium. The first of these of whom 

 definite news of death in the war 

 has come is Mr. Oscar Y. Brown, a 

 young journalist who went to 

 France with the First Contingent. 

 Mr. Brown formerly lived in Otta- 

 wa where his father, Mr. J. H. 

 Brown, of the Post Office Depart- 



ment, and other members of the 

 family reside, but during the past 

 three years had worked on news- 

 papers in Montreal and Toronto, 

 and it was at the latter place he en- 

 listed. He was wounded at the bat- 

 tle of St. Julien on May 13th and 

 taken prisoner by the Germans, dy- 

 ing in the prison camp hospital on 

 Sept. 15th. 



Mr. Brown gave promise of mak- 

 ing a name for himself in the journa- 

 listic world and it was in his work 

 that he first became interested in 

 forestry because of his specializing 

 on topics relating to forest utiliza- 

 tion and forest conservation. He 

 was highly esteemed in Ottawa and 

 a special service in his memory was 

 held on Sunday, October 17th. at 

 the Church of Our Father with 

 which he had been connected. Of 

 the family that remain another 

 brother is in the firing-line. 



TAKES PLYING COURSE 



Mr. J. R. Booth, Jr.. is in Ithaca, 

 N.Y., where he is taking a three 

 months' course at the Thomas Avia- 

 tion school, prior to leaving for Eng- 

 land to join the aviation corps. The 

 course in flying furnished at the 

 Ithaca school is a most thorough one 

 and on completing it a person is ful- 

 ly equipped to handle an aeroplane 

 of any type. At the school at the 

 present time are twenty-two stu- 

 dents from the city of Montreal. 



TREES FOR DISTRIBUTION. 



The Dominion Government Forest 

 Nursery at Indian Head is now dis- 

 tributing evergreens such as Spruce 

 and Pine for actual farm planting 

 under special conditions. The stock 

 of these varieties is somewhat limit- 

 ed and applications should be made 

 as early as possible. The distribu- 

 tion is, of course, confined entirely 

 to farm planting by bona fide owners 

 and no stock of any kind is supplied 

 for planting on town or city lots. 



