228 FOREST PLANTING. 



, correspondence from Lockport of this State, where lately 

 a farmers' meeting was held in which the idea of estab- 

 lishing a public park in the Adirondacks was discussed, 

 and finally very violently opposed. Manifestly, the old 

 foes to the preservation of our State forests, who operated 

 also against the tame Forestry Act of 1885, were there 

 at work, and blinded the unsuspecting rural population 

 by the linguistic definitions of the word " Park." The 

 H. Y. Times made to this meeting the following very 

 appropriate remarks : 



" There evidently was a serious misunderstanding of 

 the nature of the case which calls for explanation of 

 this desirable project. This (park) is not for 2)rivate 

 uses and for the enjoyment of a few wealthy persons 

 who may spend their leisure weeks of annual vacation 

 there. It is for the public advantage; for the preserva- 

 tion and profitable use of a valuable store of timber; for 

 the preservation and supply of the water which main- 

 tains great and indispensable channels for commerce 

 which have built up the Empire State, and upon which 

 the continued prosperity of the State depends, and also 

 for the favorable effect upon the climate of the vicinity, 

 broadly extended, of a great source of rain." 



However, when the projected enlargement of the State 

 forests is secured, and the management shall begin 

 operations in a business-like way, we will find that we 

 need a large tract of woodland, which has to be treated 

 somewhat differently from the general forest preserve, 

 and this tract should be distinguished from the preserve 

 by naming it the " Park." 



This park should, among other purposes, be devoted : 



I. To the establishment of a State nursery for forest 

 trees. 



The proper preservation of natural forests requires, 



