ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 
his own estates. This gentleman has 
applied to them the practical methods 
of approved forestry under such modi- 
fications as his experience and taste 
suggested, and has thereby not only 
made his forest profitable, but also 
more beautiful than it was before.’ 
With respect to our own forests it 
may be asserted that most of the pri- 
vate forest holdings of the United 
States, and probably all our national 
forest reserves,® as such, are destined 
primarily to serve purposes of utility, 
and very often to serve such purposes 
only. There are, however, a number 
of large forest estates owned by indi- 
viduals, and some belonging to com- 
monwealths and municipalities, which 
are esteemed as highly for their scenic 
character as for their material value, 
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