Show i Seedlings F Fall FallI aU I 11 le II 0 Battle Grounds Systematic Work Under Way to Ref v Vast Acres v D Dwindled by Wars War's Hand O SHI Dec Dee 3 American s seedlings fa rd fay growing Into mighty ts tt tress Ip already are beginning to hea heal th the war scarred scarred areas areas of or Europe Not only are they being nurtured In France but In Great Britain also g it in Ireland Y ho he j French ministry has ordered a t the i t the seedlings shall be located tos In to Ina s a readily accessible to main trav- trav I. I roads and l If possible near well 1 wn n sites Eltes with the view that such suche tO e forests shall remain as a amon- amon mon mon- to the partnership of France Franc tt 1 America in the great war The T samo e sentiment also prevails in Grean Great Grea t n which actually lo lost loat t more fortha fortha for- for tha tha nany navy other country by th tho o sudden demands of war for tor materials Belgium I in the once beautiful A Ar- Ar r rde de eunes nes where th tho German axe left f t standing the beautiful American Amen Ameri- can Douglass fir Is lifting its head j f Arthur Newton Pack of ot Princeton has just made a report to th the eh e Am AmerIcan Forestry association which h implied the seedlings after a three thre e Inspection of ot the plantings He e reports that that trees everywhere ar are e r as growing monuments t to 0 c relations between the allies in i n Mie great war Packs Pack's report shows show I that the s seedlings seedlings have been planted plante d I along the Chemin des peso Dames around d Valenciennes and Hir n at th the e sop of Industry In the tho Fore For For- e i. t Df f Saint Sait and around th the e ruins of the famous le Coucy m In the tile Forest orest of where JitT fat acre forest of pine and an d b beech l the German axe left nothing but bu t the smallest Smallest saplings sailings In the Ardennes Ardenn s mountains bordering the old duchy o of f ij embourg in County Tyrone Iren Ire Ire- where and n the best nursery show showing r planted by the British forestry y commission has been made and alon along yg g tri The Caledonian canal In Scotland Known to all aU the American navy be be- be cause cause It wad waa there the American sub sub- narino chasers were mobilized he magnitude of the work ahead 1 Is s 5 wn In the report which brings ou out t f That t Great Britain's B program program calls to for r thousand pounds of seed a 01 year y r while France needs an equal al u and because beca of the tile summer ummer r t uth Belgium needs almost as much L LIKE K FLANDERS POPPIES wOng One On of the first areas where th the c sings lIngs were placed by the French Frenc h ga Is Hong llong the tho Chemin de deD dos s D Dames nes where the glory of the Ameri- Ameri Ott rl doughboy Is forever enshrined S Saw So o aw a W ul l was the artillery fire that hardly hard ly 13 y a n charred l stump remains of ot tit the e once trick forest along the slopes slope s I But lt now ow row ro on on row like hike th the poppies poppies' s the seedlings carpet th the e 1 ipe on one e gouged and torn by th the e R-lUlo R t wheel Americas America's trees too toe vim be bEl found taking the place lace of the their it comrades who fell feU in the forest of S St. St t Gg aln ln and around the ruins of ill the alpaus le Chateau au dynamited dynamite bY by T the he retreating Germans F 2 T j the north the German army c cut ut to C. C er ft stick of available timber for II its Us s use own use t says the report In In tl the to f. f forest of s stood acres of beati beau beat i of f l pine and beech forest of which h I n Ong remains today except t the h e ps So vast an undertaking Is Involved In replanting everywhere at U atI tr I a that here the to F French ench havo adopted adopt adopt- i cd ed d somewhat different system clearing and spading up only a litt little le circle here and there wherein o our ur seed has been sown directly without ut q Intermediate nursery state T The h e lots may ay be heavier but the thai labor of reforestation should be The experiment with our seeds Is Isel el unusual interest to us In America Americ a wi I re y planting labor costs are arc so high big h may be that an experiment nt i hire e a with American Douglass fir in I France will prove to have lia real vast value to I In Amerl America a. a The who whole le apr ern district Lille Valenciennes es II and Hirson is part of ot the great col coal l mitring In and tinel manufacturing center of ot which the German army so demolished and ancl because of or their location at the door of reviving n g Industry the woodlands here splashed splash ed with patches pf Of American trees w will ill told rold some of the highest commercial al tUie e of any forests in the world No batter better proof of or the importance of or r re re- re e- e foresting oar ov own own Eastern areas nee need l bo sought In In a tiny woodland In the Morma I 1 forest somehow neglected by the German German Ger Gel man army army Is Js a sign erected by the tho C New York Bird society and scores o of ot birdhouses and feeding stations testify to the manner In which these Americans Ameri Ameni cans are striving to sow seeds of In International international in- in good will will Both France and and Belgium ar are greatly pleased with our American America Douglass fir which with us is found foun in the greatest abundance in th the northern Pacific coast coast the report continues M Di Crahay who has fo for f some years been the very vary active he hea head d cf forestry In n Belgium is a great be believer be- be liever Hever in this tree which will go fa fato far farto farto to help meet meet the serious problems a of ot ONCE BOASTED FIR The The Belgian ministry of ot waters an and anel t forests rests once boasted of several fin tine fine sma small plantations of Douglass fir 1 In Inthe Inthe the Ardennes mountains bordering o on the old duchy of Luxembourg where most of the Belgian forests were formerly for merly located and this Is the area are which will be replanted with patches s of ot American Douglass fir mixed wit with sh h European pine and spruce The p policy licy of intermingling o of ot lands kinds and planting In small groups group common to both France and Belgium is intended as an assurance against serious loss from insect or other pests pest ht be particularly likely t to attack a foreign species Also it must mug be recognized that even if Jt a goo good d aven average ge crop of se see seedlings from t the tho dYn twenty flue million seeds presented b by bythe bythe Yn the association to each of o our r form former allies were to be planted in a sing single block the resulting forest would n nhe not be he likely to cover in a all more tha than five tin or six tho thousand sand acres while France for example is confronted confront with the necessity of n not less than two million acres Across the channel the use of on our seeds is of ot more than ordinary Interest interest Inter inter- est because of ot Its connection wit with Great Britain's new forest policy hello Here again the favorite American America species Is tho the Douglass fir althou although spruce the spruce o of Alaska Alas and our northern Pacific coast is much desired As a moisture lout loving Y tree It would seem to be he especially especial suited to the British climate About a hundred pounds of American American Ameri Ameri- can seed were allocated by the British h forestry commission to the interesting interests work of along the row route e of the tte Caledonian canal in Scotland From the T point of aP view of sentiment few better places could have be been fund found than this since that that hat canal w was the route by which a large number of I American submarine chasers we were mobilized at will either in the Iri Irish sea or the North sea Almost with within sight of one of these future American Americ n tree plantations lie today row up upon m row of chasers now the property of the government and awaits awaiting sale or demolition g Douglass Douglas fir Is s being planted in a al almost almost al- al most every section of the British Isle Isles but by far the larger portion of t the seeds eeds which comes from the American in ind Forestry association were dispatched dispatch d by the commission to Ireland The These se wire wt wo re rt planted in nurseries In County Coun ty Tyrone about eighteen months a ago and have shown a surprisingly rap rapid and health healthy growth gro It is in fact o one of the very best nursery showings th that may be bo seen anywhere and t the le hoc local al foresters may well be proud there thereof This disposition of ot the seeds w was made quite without any suggestion from the American Forestry tion and In view of the unending Iri Irish h problems can only hope that he here too their dedication as seeds of go good good will will bear fruit in helping to e es establIsh es- es s- s I the desire for broad mind minded Pd cooperation and understanding Great Britain's present plants planting program m calls for not less than four feu t teen en thousand four I pounds of seed per a an an- num nom France Franco can hardly do with a smaller amount while the loss through drouth ha ban made it equally necessary I for little Belgium to acquire large ag- ag ad supplies Nearly every sible stole tree growing rowing country in the world I will have to furnish Its share share share-Gr- GT- GT I 1 many Austria Holland Rolland Poland Ser Ser- ebia bia bla Italy Corsica Japan and last ser ser-I but not least the United States States States' and and Canada I |