248 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Private Planting 



Reforesting has been going on in this State several years, but it is 

 difficult to determine how much has been accomplished. 



The Santa Clara Lumber Company, of Tupper Lake, was probably 

 the first lumber company to begin on a definite plan. In 1905 they estab- 

 lished a small nursery at Tupper Lake Junction, which was very successful 

 from the beginning and has been increased from year to year. The nursery 

 now contains 325,000 transplants, of which 200,000 will be ready for field 

 planting the coming spring. They made their first field plantation last 

 year with stock grown in this nursery. It is a pleasure to note their suc- 

 cess and the enthusiasm with which they are doing this work. The accom- 

 panying plate shows a general view of this nursery, also a group of seed 

 beds. 



The Delaware & Hudson Co., one of the large landowners in the Adiron- 

 dacks, established a nursery in 1905 at Wolf Pond, which has since been 

 under the supervision of technically trained foresters. This nursery now 

 contains 3,000,000 trees of various ages. They intend to reforest about 

 1,000 acres of their Adirondack land annually. In addition, a hard wood 

 nursery will be started by this company at Oneonta, where they intend 

 to produce annually 250,000 red oak seedlings, to be used for planting 

 Pennsylvania coal lands. These steps are taken by this company for the 

 practical purpose of producing wood material. 



Other private nurseries for reforesting land are operated by the West 

 Point Military Academy at West Point, and Mr. Archibald Rogers, of 

 Hyde Park, Prof. A. M. Hollister and Mr. J. M. Smith also have a nursery 

 at Corinth and have put in a quantity of seed spots. Mr. Frank A. Cutting, 

 of Boston, who owns several thousand acres of land in St. Lawrence county, 

 began planting his land three years ago, but has been sowing seed broadcast 

 for nearly ten years and the results are so satisfactory to him that he will 

 continue both methods. 



The bureau of water of the city of Rochester began reforesting land 

 around Hemlock lake in 1902, when they planted 5,000 trees, repeating 

 it in 1903, but did not do any more planting until this year when they 

 set 20,000. The city water board of Gloversville is actively at work re- 



