10 FORESTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS 



plication for lectures is made on blanks which are furnished 

 on request, and a copy of which is given below : 



TOWN OR CITY 



DATE 



I hereby apply to the State Forester for a lecture on forestry, 

 with special reference to 



at , on the day of 19 



at o'clock , the public to be invited ; and to 



cover the traveling expenses incident to accepting this application 

 I agree to deposit dollars with the State Forester on 



or before 19 



Signed 



The above application is accepted on the conditions named 

 above. 



Signed 



State Forester 



N.B. Any unexpended balance, together with an itemized 

 statement of expenses, will be promptly returned. 



The State Forest Nursery 



It is specified in the act creating the office that the State 

 Forester may establish and maintain a nursery for the propa- 

 gation of forest tree seedlings on such lands as the trustees 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural College may set aside for 

 that purpose on the college grounds at Amherst. The stock 

 raised in this nursery is to be furnished to private owners 

 upon such terms as the forester may fix, subject to the ap- 

 proval of the Governor and Council. 



It would be a mistake for the State to go into the whole- 

 sale raising of seedlings for public distribution if the nurs- 

 erymen of this State will take up this line of business. 

 Heretofore the nurserymen of this State, and in fact most of 

 the nurserymen of the entire country, have been engaged in 

 raising ornamental* and shade trees at prices which prohibit 

 their use in forest plantations ; and it is likely that the 

 nurserymen of this State will not care to take up a different 

 line of work. 



