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small, and, carrying such a store of 

 excellent food grow earlier and seem 

 easier to hurry forward in all soils. 



Among larger trees in forest or 

 park is there; not a greater dignity 

 attached to nut bearing trees than 

 others. The oak of old England is 

 honored above all ; and in our own 

 country is there to be found a grander 

 tree than the walnut or cliesnut ? 



1 never weary admiring the foliage 

 of the walnut and buttiu-nut— so firm, 

 as an American writer says, so tropical 

 in appearance — now found here in 

 only i-solated specimens. How much 

 more grand a whole grove of such would 

 look % 



In groves of second growth oak and 

 hickory, the pliable-looking stems, often 

 forty or tifty feet high, while only six 

 inches in diameter, show a different 

 kind of strength, just as valuable and 

 attractive. Ligliter woods, such as ash 

 larch and cherry, furnish a commodity 

 for market at a earlier age. When look 

 ing at value without considering the 

 as^e the nut tree will take the first 

 place all over America — the West 

 nominally walnut — New England the 

 chesnut and further South the pecan 

 nut and hickory. 



Are the trees slow growing? I hear so 

 many say they do not plant these trees 

 because they fear life is too short to 

 insure the planter enjoying the shade 

 or the profit of his planting — this only 

 suggests to me promptness in begin- 

 ning and a vain regret that I have 

 allowed even a few years to go by 

 before a love of trees for their owi\ 

 sakes made me willing to plant, let 

 who will reap the product — my pleasure 

 in planting is certain and there may be 

 disappointments many times before 

 tiie harvest. 



To the Owners of Woodlands. 



The Pennsylvania Forestry Associatioiu in 

 one of its recent circulars, jjublishes tlu- fiillow- 

 ing clear and forcible recommendations, which 

 are apijlicable to every owner of a forest or of a 

 piece of woodland. You will do a very great 



service to the agricultural interesta of the Pro- 

 vince if you reproduce them for the Vienefit of 

 your numerous readers. 



Toronto. A. K. 



The association wants (^vi'xy farmer-, 

 every owner of a woodland to know : — 

 " That his wood-lot contains a valuable 

 crop, which it will pay him, n(tt oidy to 

 cut down and slaughter, l)ut to manage 

 and utilize judiciously ; 



"That it is possiblt; to utilize tlie old 

 trees in such a manner that a new, 

 valuable crop is produced instead of the 

 inferior crop, which now so often takes 

 the place of the virgin forest after in- 

 discriminate cutting ; 



"That as an intelligent manager and 

 husbandman, he would, do better to see 

 to a natural reproduction of his wood- 

 lot, to cut with regard to the spontane- 

 ous young growth, rather than to clear 

 indiscriminately ; 



" That the time has come when forest 

 destruction must give way to forest 

 management , for timber is becoming 

 more valuable every year, as it grows 

 scarcer in the ctnintry at large ; 



" That in the woodlands in proper pro- 

 portion lie, to a large extent, the con- 

 ditions of a favorable climate, and 

 successful agriculture ; 



" That upon forest growth depend 

 healthfulnessandequablenessof climate; 



"That the forest breaks the force 

 and tempers the fury of the northern 

 and cools and moistens the breath of 

 the southern wind ; 



" That by its own cooler and moister 

 atniospliere in summer and warmer at- 

 mosphere in winter, it tends to equalize 

 temperature and humidity over the 

 intervening fields ; 



" That while the open treeless, heated 

 prairie pre\ents the fall of rain, allow- 

 ing moisture-laden clouds to pass over 

 it undrained, we must thank our forest- 

 clad hills and mountains for our more 

 frequent, more gentle, more useful 

 showers ; and, above all, 



"That the forest cover of the moun- 

 tains preserves the even water How in 

 our springs, brooks and rivers, while 



