ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 
ated and the State Constitution at 
present even forbids any cutting within 
its limits, yet the most competent 
judges believe that the Adirondack 
forest is exceedingly well fitted for the 
purposes of practical forestry. Indeed, 
several private tracts within that region 
already constitute the best known ex- 
amples of practical forestry in our 
country. If, however, it is intended 
to separate certain portions from the 
remainder, either within this region or 
that of the proposed Minnesota reserve, 
and to preserve these for their unique 
or exceptional character, these segre- 
gated tracts are parks in themselves, 
and should so be called. 
But the identity of our five national 
parks in the farther West is unmis- 
takable; and these would appear to 
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