7 6 Report of the President 



WOODS AND FORESTRY 



Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Curator 



Department of Woods and Forestry. -^One of the most 

 notable additions to the Forestry Hall during the year 1912 

 was a bronze bas-relief of Morris Ketchum Jesup as an expres- 

 sion of the admiration felt for him by the late John J. Clancy. 

 The panel was executed by James E. Fraser and represents 

 Mr. Jesup walking in contemplative mood in the woods. It 

 is wholly in the spirit of the plans for making this hall a fitting 

 educational memorial to the donor of the world's greatest col- 

 lection of the trees of North America. 



The work of removing the sequoia and redwood tree sec- 

 tions from the Darwin Hall to the Forestry Hall was begun at 

 the close of 191 1 and extended through the first months of 

 191 2. The transfer of the redwood was the simple matter of 

 rolling the two-ton section on cylinders into the new place ; 

 moving the nine-ton sequoia, which was too high to pass under 

 the archway between the two halls, entailed the labor of 

 removing and later replacing the top part of the trunk. After 

 the transfer all cracks were filled and the trees were faced off 

 with new surfaces, so that they not only have new beauty but 

 also are in condition to stand for many years. 



The rearrangement of trees in the hall has continued until 

 so near completion that a few weeks will see that part of the 

 work done and the whole collection again open to exhibition. 

 This rearrangement puts the collection into shape so that any 

 North American tree can be readily located in the hall and its 

 relations quickly seen to other members of a tree family and 

 in regard to questions of market value and geographical dis- 

 tribution. In connection with each family, labeled hand 

 samples of the commercial woods have been placed outside the 

 case in brackets in front of their respective trees, where they 

 can be freely examined by visitors. Some one hundred 

 descriptive labels have been written, including those for the 

 sequoias, the pines, hemlocks, spruces and oaks. These labels 

 give the latest knowledge of the trees and their economic value. 



The following list gives some of the leaf, flower and fruit 

 wax models constructed during the year: From Wisconsin, 



