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planned are a study of trees and shrubs, 

 their identification, structure, development, 

 relationship, distribution and uses ; and 

 forest mensuration. The appointment of 

 Prof. Filibert Roth as head of the depart- 

 ment will add great strength to the in- 

 structing force. Professor Roth has had 

 much experience in forestry work, having 

 been successively employed in the United 

 States Bureau of Forestry, as assistant pro- 

 fessor in the New York State College of 

 Forestry, and as chief of the Department 

 of Forest Reserves in the General Land 

 Cffice at Washington. 



FORESTS IN NEBRASKA'S SAND HILLS. 



The task of growing valuable forests on the 

 barren sand hills of Nebraska will begin this 

 spring, when the Bureau of Forestry will seed 

 about 100 acres of the Dismal River Forest Re- 

 serve near Halsey with red cedar and jack pine. 

 If the seeding succeeds and is done with econ- 

 omy, the Bureau will seed and plant the follow- 

 ing year probably 1,000 acres in cedar and pines 

 and will ultimately extend the forest by gradual 

 plantings over a large part of the 208,000 acres 

 in the Dismal River and Niobrara reserves. 



A nursery has been established at Halsey, in 

 the valley of the Middle Loup river, with a half- 

 acre seed bed protected by laths. A tool house 

 and office building have been built. Nearly 600 

 pounds of seed, principally Western yellow pine, 

 red cedar and jack pine, have been collected for 

 planting in the spring. 



The sand hills are unfit for agriculture. If 

 large forests can be grown on them the timber 

 will be of great value to a country now without 

 trees, where lumber brings high prices. The at- 

 tempt of the Bureau has every chance of suc- 

 cess. — Exchange. 



The first experiment to demonstrate the 

 possibility of utilizing these sand hills for 

 forest growth was instituted by the Divi- 

 sion of Forestry under the direction of 

 Professor Fernow ; the result of a planta- 

 tion made in 1891, proving the adaptation, 

 especially of the jack pine, which is not na- 

 tive to that part of the world. — Editor. 



TORONTO UNIVERSITY AND FORESTRY. 



Toronto University, the State university of the 

 Province of Ontario, is realizing the importance 

 of the subject of forestry. President Loudon 

 has pointed out that the crown forests of Canada 

 exceed those of the United States and Russia 

 put together. The senate of the university has 

 provided a curriculum for a course in forestry, 

 and at its last meeting the Alumni Association, 

 believing that the scientific study of the subject 

 was of the utmost importance to the prosperity of 

 the province, passed a resolution which was sent 

 to the Premier and the Minister of Education, 

 and which urged that the Government give ef- 

 fect to the State provision authorizing a School 

 of Forestry at the earliest possible date. — Ex- 

 change. 



Before Toronto University ever thought 

 of the existence of such a subject as for- 

 estry its rival in Kingston, Ontario, Queen's 

 University, had agitated the need of for- 

 estry instruction, and as long as a year ago 



secured a promise from the Government 

 for the establishment of such a school ; so 

 that p r obably 2 forestry schools will be es- 

 tablished simultaneously in Canada. — Edi- 

 tor. 



FORESTRY AT WELLESLEY. 



Wellesley is the first woman's college in 

 the country to introduce a course in for- 

 estry. The course is not designed to pre- 

 pare women for the profession of forestry, 

 but to acquaint them with the nature of 

 forest problems in the United States. The 

 benefit of the course is proved by the fact 

 that the alumnae who took this course in 

 college are now in every case doing some- 

 thing to awaken interest in forestry and to 

 bring about a clearer knowledge of its prac- 

 tical character. Dr. Grace E. Cooley, who 

 has charge of the work, has already an es- 

 tablished reputation as a botanist. She 

 has recently made a special study of fores- 

 try with particular reference to such phases 

 as may be useful to women. — Exchange. 



THE WHITE MOUNTAIN FORESTS. 



New Hampshire is making vigorous efforts to 

 preserve what is left of the beautiful forest cov- 

 ering of the White mountains, that once clothed 

 them with a verdure which gave to their beauty a 

 world-wide fame. This is not only commendable 

 but is in harmony with a spirit of forest pre- 

 serving and growing that is, fortunately, becom- 

 ing widespread. New Hampshire has a fine op- 

 portunity to enlarge her forest domain in a re- 

 gion where the land will carry trees or nothing, 

 and she seems to be taking advantage of it. — Ex- 

 change. 



An Episcopal clergyman of Cincinnati 

 was being shaved by a barber who was ad- 

 dicted to occasional sprees. The razor 

 manipulator cut the parson's face quite 

 considerably. 



"You see, Jackson, that comes from 

 taking too much drink," said the man of 

 God. 



"Yes, sah," replied Jackson ; "it makes 

 de skin very tendah, sah. It do for a 

 fack." — Saxby's Magazine. 



I read your great magazine from cover 

 to cover every month and greatly enjoy 

 it. You are doing a great and good work, 

 and make 10 friends where you make one 

 enemy. Keep at them; we will stand by 

 vou. 



Fred F. Bradley, Toledo, O. 



Your magazine is the best I have ever 

 read. F. H. Best, Milwaukee, Wis. 



