﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  79 
  

  

  wooden 
  telephone 
  pole 
  with 
  its 
  crosstrees 
  is 
  today 
  in 
  our 
  cities 
  

   and 
  villages 
  the 
  cross 
  on 
  which 
  every 
  sentiment 
  of 
  good 
  and 
  decent 
  

   taste 
  is 
  crucified. 
  There 
  are 
  persons 
  in 
  most 
  every 
  community 
  who- 
  

   can 
  be 
  better 
  spared 
  than 
  some 
  of 
  its 
  venerable 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  

   only 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  entitles 
  it 
  to 
  guardianship; 
  there 
  are 
  

   some 
  which 
  have 
  especial 
  associations 
  with 
  distinguished 
  person- 
  

   ages 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  others 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  last 
  survivors 
  of 
  a 
  race 
  which 
  

   once 
  abounded 
  but 
  whose 
  companions 
  have 
  di.sappeared 
  under 
  the 
  

   woodsman's 
  axe. 
  A 
  great 
  glacial 
  rock 
  boulder 
  projecting 
  alone 
  

   from 
  some 
  meadow 
  or 
  hillside, 
  tells 
  a 
  romantic 
  age 
  long 
  story 
  

   which 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  menaced 
  by 
  the 
  workman's 
  sledge. 
  There 
  are 
  

   bits 
  of 
  swamp 
  still 
  profuse 
  in 
  rare 
  orchids, 
  and 
  clumps 
  of 
  woodland 
  

   where 
  the 
  rare 
  birds 
  still 
  nest 
  but 
  which 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  robbed 
  of 
  

   their 
  possessions 
  if 
  measures 
  are 
  not 
  taken 
  for 
  their 
  protection. 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  cite, 
  for 
  an 
  example, 
  the 
  Bergen 
  szvamp 
  in 
  Genesee 
  county, 
  

   famous 
  among 
  botanists 
  as 
  a 
  spot 
  where 
  still 
  linger 
  the 
  Painted 
  

   trillium, 
  yellow 
  Qintonia, 
  the 
  twin 
  flower 
  or 
  Linnaea 
  and 
  rare 
  

   orchids 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  White 
  cypripedium 
  and 
  numerous 
  northern 
  

   plants 
  which, 
  scarce 
  or 
  wanting 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  localities 
  of 
  western 
  

   New 
  York, 
  thrive 
  in 
  the 
  cool 
  recesses 
  of 
  this 
  spot 
  or 
  on 
  its 
  open 
  

   bogs 
  among 
  the 
  Cranberries, 
  Huntsman's 
  cup 
  and 
  Andromedas. 
  

   Here 
  northern 
  birds, 
  the 
  Hermit 
  thrush. 
  Winter 
  wren 
  and 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  warbler 
  find 
  their 
  breeding 
  place. 
  Here 
  are 
  the 
  coverts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Grouse, 
  Woodcock 
  and 
  other 
  game 
  birds 
  and 
  a 
  center 
  of 
  their 
  

   dispersal. 
  The 
  indwellers 
  in 
  this 
  place 
  are 
  threatened 
  by 
  the 
  in- 
  

   cursions 
  of 
  commerce, 
  of 
  ruthless 
  sport, 
  of 
  agricultural 
  aggression, 
  

   but 
  this 
  swamp 
  if 
  protected 
  would 
  not 
  alone 
  continue 
  to 
  play 
  its 
  

   part 
  in 
  regulating 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  which 
  runs 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  into 
  

   the 
  Genesee, 
  but 
  afford 
  a 
  reserve 
  for 
  its 
  rare 
  flowers 
  and 
  birds 
  and 
  

   form 
  a 
  charming 
  bit 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Woods 
  — 
  a 
  boreal 
  island 
  — 
  in 
  

   western 
  New 
  York, 
  with 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  Batavia, 
  Buffalo, 
  

   Tonawanda, 
  Lockport, 
  Medina 
  and 
  Albion 
  within 
  easy 
  reach 
  of 
  its 
  

   attractions. 
  

  

  In 
  Germany, 
  substantial 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  protecting 
  

   such 
  objects 
  of 
  natural 
  interest. 
  The 
  methods 
  einployed 
  and 
  the 
  

   results 
  achieved 
  are 
  interesting. 
  An 
  old 
  fir 
  tree 
  gnarled 
  with 
  years 
  

   in 
  the 
  forest 
  of 
  Lueneburg 
  is 
  set 
  apart 
  and 
  protected 
  for 
  its 
  very 
  

   age 
  and 
  fascinating 
  ugliness. 
  A 
  little 
  patch 
  of 
  dwarf 
  birch, 
  a 
  rare 
  

   survivor 
  of 
  the 
  postglacial 
  flora, 
  is 
  preserved 
  and 
  protected 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Hamburg. 
  A 
  considerable 
  area 
  of 
  forest 
  near 
  Muen- 
  

   ster 
  is 
  protected 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  profusion 
  in 
  certain 
  rare 
  species 
  of 
  

   lichens. 
  In 
  Schleswig 
  a 
  great 
  glacial 
  boulder 
  resting 
  on 
  a 
  low 
  knoll 
  

   has 
  been 
  set 
  aside, 
  the 
  ground 
  immediately 
  about 
  it 
  acquired 
  and 
  a 
  

   road 
  laid 
  out 
  to 
  it. 
  In 
  Brandenburg 
  a 
  little 
  lake 
  with 
  its 
  swamp, 
  the 
  

   Plage, 
  has 
  been 
  reserved 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  botanic 
  interest 
  and 
  in 
  

   Marienwerder 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  lake 
  and 
  woods 
  where 
  rare 
  water 
  birds 
  nest. 
  

   A 
  local 
  society 
  in 
  Gotha 
  has 
  acquired 
  a 
  small 
  pond 
  and 
  swamp 
  and 
  

   has 
  transferred 
  to 
  it 
  rare 
  plants 
  threatened 
  with 
  extinction 
  and 
  has 
  

   also 
  introduced 
  new 
  plants 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  region, 
  such 
  as 
  our 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  Sarracenia 
  or 
  Pitcher-plant. 
  

  

  