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 SPBC IF IC HE C OMMEHDAT IOIS . 



Having discussed in the pre cee ding 

 pages the purpose and value of forest reserva- 

 tions accessible to urban populations, and their 

 acquisition, and financing by public authority, 

 it now remains to offer some specific recommen- 

 dations for these woodland or forest reserves. 



As has already been indicated, there 

 is no lack of successiEul accomplishment to which 

 to refer for inspiration-, and practical suggestions. 

 The work of Charles Eliot in the Metropolitan 

 Park Area of Massachusetts is perhaps the most 

 classic example of such achievement in the United 

 States. But we may turn to many other sources for 

 information. 

 Where landscape and forestry meet . 



Ihere is, however, possibility for mis- 

 understanding and misconception in the question as to 

 where landscape art and forestry meet in the recreation- 

 al development of forest reservations. Particularly 

 when it is claimed for these publically owned woodland 

 tracts, that they may serve one, two or all of the 

 purposes of supply, protection and recreation, does 

 it seem, at first, difficult to understand- what form 

 of development they shall be given. To begin with, 

 an understanding regarding this twilight zone between 



