ABTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 



ated and the State Constitution at 

 present even forbids any cutting within 

 its limits, yet the most competent 

 judges believe that the Adirondack 

 forest is exceedingly well fitted for the 

 purposes of practical forestry. Indeed, 

 several private tracts within that region 

 already constitute the best known ex- 

 amples of practical forestry in om* 

 country. If, however, it is intended 

 to separate certain portions from the 

 remainder, either within this region or 

 that of the proposed Minnesota reserve, 

 and to preserve these for their unique 

 or exceptional character, these segre- 

 gated tracts are parks in themselves, 

 and should so be called. 



But the identity of our five national 

 parks in the farther West is unmis- 

 takable; and these would appear to 

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