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construction of roads, trails and bridges, in 

 forest reconnaisance and mapping, and in 

 other phases of national forest activities. 



Seven of the juniors are working with lum- 

 ber and wood-preserving companies, eight are 

 engaged in landscape forestry and five others 

 in consulting forestry work. In addition two 

 are engaged in city forestry work in New York 

 and the other eleven men are in the state for- 

 estry work, in forestry work for themselves or 

 in attending the sophomore forest camp in the 

 Adirondacks. Most of the men are working in 

 New York state in some phase of practical for- 

 estry work, although the school has become na- 

 tional in its activities inasmuch as it draws 

 students from practically all of the states of 

 the union. Its graduates and the juniors who 

 are seeking temporary work only have so far 

 had opportunities to engage in work all over 

 the country, although it is probable that the 

 largest number will remain in this state. 



This season the boys who have gone out 

 from the college of forestry for work have se- 

 cured positions paying from $40 to $100 per 

 month and expenses. Many of the temporary 

 positions lead to permanent work upon gradu- 

 ation from the college. Many calls have come 

 to the college for men and it has been impos- 

 sible to send them out owing to not having 

 men with a sufficient amount of training. 

 This situation is evidence of a growing inter- 

 est in forestry and proves that more men will 

 be needed in the future for the protection of 

 our great forest areas and in the development 

 of the industries dependent upon the forests. 



STANFORD UNIVERSITY ARBORETUM 



The Stanford Arboretum, comprising ap- 

 proximately 200 acres, and established by 

 Senator Stanford in 1882, has been placed 

 under the control of the department of botany 

 with a view of more fully utilizing it for scien- 

 tific purposes. An annual appropriation is to 

 be made for the acquisition of specimens, that 

 for the current year being $1,000. 



The original collections, which will form 

 the nucleus of the new plantings, contain sev- 

 eral hundred species, representing about sixty 

 families. The collection of conifers is espe- 



cially rich in genera. Including both the 

 Taxaceae and Pinacese, this group of plants is 

 represented by nineteen genera. 



As the climate at Stanford is warm enough 

 in winter for orange and lemon trees and cool 

 enough in summer to successfully grow the 

 white pine and Norway spruce, it should be 

 possible to grow almost any species of the tem- 

 perate and subtropical zones. Plants from 

 Australia, New Zealand, Chili, South Africa 

 and the Mediterranean region are well adapted 

 and will thrive without being watered during 

 the dry season. With such excellent natural 

 conditions the Arboretum should become even- 

 tually one of the most extensive collections of 

 arboreal plants. A feature that is to be given 

 especial attention is the "West American section. 

 In a tract, set aside for this purpose, it is 

 planned to bring together as complete a collec- 

 tion as possible of the native trees and shrubs 

 of the Pacific coast, Great Britain, Rocky 

 Mountains and the arid southwest. 



The development of the Stanford Arboretum 

 along broad scientific lines is meeting with 

 enthusiastic approval and support. Among 

 those who have taken interest in its establish- 

 ment and offered to contribute toward the 

 building up of the collections are: Dr. C. S. 

 Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum of 

 Harvard University; Dr. N. L. Britton, di- 

 rector of the New York Botanical Garden, and 

 Dr. David Fairchild, in charge of foreign seed 

 and plant introduction, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Mr. H. A. Greene, presi- 

 dent of the Monterey Tree Growing Club, has 

 presented already nearly 200 species, many of 

 which are rare and impossible to obtain 

 through ordinary trade channels. 



Mr. John McLaren, superintendent of 

 Golden Gate Park, has taken an active inter- 

 est and has consented to assist in the general 

 planning, especially along the principal ave- 

 nues. Mr. McLaren's success with the land- 

 scape gardening in Golden Gate Park and at 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition assures the 

 Arboretum the very best advice for its land- 

 scape architecture. 



Coincident with the new policy of the Arbo- 

 retum the university has set aside several tracts 



