92 Our Field and Forest Trees 



Only those who have lived on the plains long 

 enough to feel their deadly monotony can fully 

 appreciate the work that the Division of Tree 

 Planting is doing for the West. These oases of 

 woodland redeem country which, without them, 

 shows the emptiness and the uniformity of the 

 ocean without the life of the waves. 



The Inspector of Forest Reserves devotes some 

 time each year to lecturing about trees and forests 

 in the towns and cities of Canada. These lectures 

 are illustrated by lantern slides, colored as nearly 

 like life as it is possible to make them. They help 

 to make people realize the usefulness and win- 

 someness of trees. In the prairie towns the lecturer 

 talks about the pleasantness of trees in the streets. 

 Thanks partly to these lectures, the farmers of 

 the Northwest are planting groves and shelter 

 belts, and the homes of the Canadian West are 

 becoming little oases of green trees and shade on 

 the wide featureless prairie. 



When this century began Canada had no forest 

 schools. The University of Toronto was the first 

 to organize a faculty of forestry, with Dr. Fernow 

 as its Dean. Now the old French University of 

 Laval at Quebec has its forest school also, and 

 there is a third at Fredericton in New Brunswick. 



While these schools are training men to manage 

 the forests with scientific knowledge and business 

 efficiency, the work of making roads, trails, 

 bridges, and fire lines goes rapidly on. 



