XII 
PARK AND CEMETERY 
FORESTRY NOTES. 
One of the greatest of wastes in the Southern wood in- 
dustry has been caused in the production of resin and tur- 
pentine. Whole forests of pine have been destroyed in a 
very few years by the crude methods of securing the above 
products, and the Bureau of Forestry of the Department of 
Agriculture has performed a great work in introducing bet- 
ter means of tapping the trees. The old way of cutting a 
box or cavity in the base of the tree to catch the resin flow- 
ing from the blazes made in the trunk above has been su- 
perseded by the cup and gutter system. An earthenware cup 
is fastened to the tree and the flowing resin is directed into 
it by means of metal gutters. This has resulted in much less 
waste in gathering the product, better grades of resin and a 
conservation of the vitality of the tree. After securing these 
gains the department turned its attention to the work of re- 
ducing the size and number of the blazed or chipped faces 
and also the depth of the wounds. The first season has shown 
the practicability of the plan. A reduction of the area of the 
wounds and also of their depth naturally lessens the drain of 
the vitality of the tree, and while an equal yield is obtained 
the future is not discounted, and, besides, more years of work- 
ing life of the tree is secured. Under the old system the an- 
nual yield rapidly falls off and an early death follows. From 
three to your years has been about the profitable time a tur- 
pentine forest could be worked, but many more years is ex- 
pected under the new order of things. One of the saddest 
scenes in the Southern forests is the immense acreage of dead 
turpentine groves. 
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Some of the Eastern papers are urging the government 
to give some attention to forestry' in the Eastern and South- 
ern states, as a matter of a just distribution of government 
benefits. Attention is drawn to the Appalachian Forest Re- 
serve, which ought to be consummated, for it means incal- 
culable benefits to a large section of country. The moun- 
tains are being denuded of timber at an alarming rate, na- 
ture’s equilibrium is being thereby radically disturbed, and 
the whole domain is too valuable to the country at large to 
be ignored. And the government itself is the only agency 
that can be depended upon to check the ruthless devastation 
now under way, and restore the tract to its proper condition 
of usefulness. Public opinion is quite well crystallized on 
this question and Congress should finish the work. 
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The ordinary reader is often mentally discouraged over the 
forestry question because he has been brought up on the idea 
that a forest tree requires from 50 to 100 years to mature. 
While this is true of the tree in its native wilds, where it has 
to struggle for an existence under nature’s laws, and fight 
an unceasing battle, with the survival of the fittest as the 
governing principle, under modern cultural methods many 
forest trees will yield good returns in from 12 to 15 years, 
such as those desirable for posts, poles, ties, etc. An esti- 
mate of values and returns on some Catalpa speciosa and 
black locust groves, planted in Ohio some 15 to 25 years ago, 
has recently been made by a representative of the Ohio Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station. Careful figures were made and 
it was found that eight catalpa groves from 21 to 25 years 
old, none of which had received careful attention in the way 
of pruning, cultivating or thinning, and most of .which had 
been planted too closely, showed an average yield of 2,777 
posts per acre, 63 per cent of which were first class, valued 
at $238.08 per acre, or $10.30 per acre each year since the 
trees were planted. Such inforrpation has been corroborated 
in other localities and should convince the land owner that 
a few acres of forest or woods is a good investment. 
Waukegan Nurseries. 
Evergreen and Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Etc. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
R. DOUGLAS’ SONS 
WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 
SPECIAL OFFERS ON 
Hardy Ornamental Stock 
G ROWN AT T HE 
MAYFIELD 
NURSERIES 
Most Northern in America 
Special Prices on the following Stock 
for Park and Cemetery Planting 
American Ash 
American Ash 
Birch Eup., white 
Birch Eup., white 
Birch Eup., white 
Birch Cut Li., weep' 
Birch Cut Lf ., weep’ 
Birch Cut L(f.,weep’ 
Box Elder 
Catalpa Speciosa 
Catalpa Speciosa 
Catalpa Speciosa 
Catalpa Big^. 
Catalpa Big. 
Hackberry 
Hackberry 
Maple Silver 
Maple Silver 
Maple Silver 
Maple Siberica 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
g 5 to 6 ft. 
g 6 to 8 ft. 
g 8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12.ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
2 to 3 ft. 
Maple Siberica 
Maple Weir’s C. L. 
Mt. Ash 
Poplar Carolina 
Poplar Carolina 
Poplar Carolina 
Poplar Silver 
Poplar Silver 
Poplar Silver 
Poplar Lombardy 
Poplar Lombardy 
Poplar Lombardy 
Willow Golden 
Willow Golden 
Willow Petzoldi 
Willow Petzoldi 
3 to 4 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
Hardy Evergreens — All sizes. 
Hardy Shrubs — Assorted . 
Hardy Perennials— Assorted. 
We are making Parks and Cemeteries some very at- 
tractive Prices for stfictly high grade stock boxed free 
on cars. Send for wholesale price list. Catalogue free 
describing all stock. Special prices on Grass Seeds. 
L. L. MAY Lp CO. 
Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners 
ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 
