FORESTRY. 
TREE PLANTING BY THE STATE 
um yin of oe 
e Sir J 
_Elms 
e momentous stion 
а lw o 
cron a ds of Leaves Gree 
Westeren. Shortly RARE [e hn Lub- 
bock suaded vem tes Сола mmons 
ods of developing ‘British s 
which иіс urged 
the commercial aspect 
т, shelved 
SG. 
ane our wants in the 
and well-thought-out 
jes have, so 
d public bodi 
by the planting of estate 
, but this is aoe the 
a large schem afforestation “from whi 
they cannot expect to reap rn during their 
lifetime. While, for сари ested, а saf 
nd sure return is guarant by many mining 
and other industrial panies t are: finan- 
cially safe, attention will be ted to these 
rather than to a ject that is experimental, 
and-from which there can be no return for 
thirty or forty yea The urces and `соп- 
ty of tion will always make-th 
e best ian of forest property; indeed, 
1 
ttention to the matter іп Woods and 
riods in most of the lead 
ing and papers of the day, including a 
snecial article to the Field and The sss d 
Chroni while in my evidence g given before 
iim ect Committee on 
Forestry, and in a paper 
tributed by special request to the Board o 
THE GARDEN ERS' 
CHRONICLE. — 
à went fully into the question of 
out the need for and 
saving to ‘ser cou к that would ‘be effected by 
a well-organised sc of tree-planting. In 
this connection I suggested that 1, acres 
should be pes ted o ег а period of twenty- то 
years, at th 0,00 ear, 
would be pits 
М W: 
RD к 
25,000,000 
expended for m 
supplies obtained from abroa 
The Sub-Committee of Recre 
1 
country on 
only aiik ou oe no i 
Diem ae because we had 
ы Sweden, and Cana 
had. ple of land in this einn "hat in the 
Fic. 35.—-ARTEMISIA JUDAICA AT BELVOIR CASTLE. 
(See page 95.) 
014: days. used to imber.” And t 
Cor нео гі ghtly pe s перне 
on чанини re С ү ‚ serious handi- 
the It also esti 
m. 
hich are estimated at 1,000,000 
will. mainly a m pe proprietor of these 
lands, and, owing s qu а of 
timber that m: аа fro any 
won be Е бодо ша оп 
only to strictly con- 
serve pris is y ft, a a pde the denuded areas 
as qui M possible. Tt Rabies Ak о to 
reason t private ente wil be mainly 
expended о on расо up ater er Мез es and 
o little in the afforestating of large anak 
Гы ARCH 1, 1019. 
of waste land, work which must be е 
in the hands of the State e 
bodies h done excellent 
roughly es A: 
much of Didh required AS denda in additis to 
which the o E. e and à 
oved a big 
s 
mg, 
dgerow 
But, 
commen 
sto A in Tad ak ieee gn woo as been 
carefully computed that a million acres de wood- 
land have ided f " purposes, while 
t 
The greater proportion of heavy Elm, 
and a ШОЛУ supply of Oak, has been from fel 
and hedgerow, while the whole of the coniferous 
timber, pae i i Larch, €— = Scotch 
Pine, has been obtained from woods and 
plar tee agn 
Beech an 
ing, however extensive or 
bring Шо necessary relief for at oe 
after it is commenced. A. D. Webst 
ene Б а „би {т ш . = ш a РЕ Ба 
