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deal Its broad success will depend, not on its embodiment in legisla- 

 tion, but on its acceptance by the community at Large. 



The formulation of such a policy can best be brought about by the 

 creation of a State board or commission. Such a commission might 



properly examine the workings of existing laws which affect the for- 

 ests, and recommend changes or additions; arouse public interest and 

 disseminate information concerning forest preservation; investigate 

 the practicability of making reserves, and the area which might be 

 included; and by cooperation with the Bureau of Forestry, or through 

 such other means as it might find, secure the study of such scientific 

 problems and the carrying on of such experiments as have an economic 

 bearing on questions of forest utility in Texas. To this commission 

 would also naturally fall the administration of the State reserves, 

 should such be created by the legislature. 



LIST OF VALUABLE TIMBER TREES NATIVE TO TEXAS, WITH 

 NOTES ON THEIR DISTRIBUTION, HABITS, AND USES. 



The following list is partly based on the writer's personal know ledge, 

 partly compiled from such trustworthy publications dealing with the 

 subject-matter as are available. Chief among the authorities which 

 have been made use of are SudwortrTs Check List of Forest Trees of 

 the United States, Pinchot and Ashe's Timber Trees and Forests of 

 North Carolina, and Havard's Botany of Southern and Western Texas. 

 The first of these has furnished the basis of the list itself, with the 

 ranges of the trees. The notes as to qualities, uses, etc., are derived 

 largely from the second, while most of the notes on trees found west 

 of the Pecos River are taken from the third. It is not to be supposed 

 that the list is complete, and the information concerning the silvicul- 

 tural characters, the distribution, and the number of the various trees 

 is all too meager; but, in the absence of fuller knowledge, these notes 

 may at least serve the purpose of a starting point for more exhaustive 

 studies. 

 Limber pine (Finns Jicxilis James). 



In Texas the limber pine occurs only in the Guadalupe and Davis 

 mountains, where it reaches a diameter of 12 to 18 inches. It yields 

 inferior lumber. 



jRtnuje. — Rocky Mountain region from Montana to western Texas; 

 in mountains of northern Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Pinon, nut pine (Phmx edulis Engelmann). 



The pinon, or nut pine, is common to the Guadalupe, Davis, Organ, 

 and Chisos mountains. It is also found on the higher ridges of the 

 Great Bend of the Rio Grande as far north as the Southern Pacific 



