New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-15
BILTMOEE FOEINT.

PRACTICAL LESSON ~ ARBoRIcULTrEE.
From The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Among the notable results Of the EFFORT TO secure
better manasemrnt OF our icrests, Grsra ny ct G
Of this and oAer state Is tn" reE9r' OF yGnf
work at lfm9rc Mr. GrE@ vi N"naor s tbs
first practical application OF forest management III
ne nltcd stats ama as rs nl.rF te eiior
IInchot and the direction of Mr.. FREDERICK Law
omstcad. the foremost authority IN landscape
gar,icninG in this country. it may well attract
attention and study, and invite others TO follow
good example. The Baltimore estate con
sists Of oyer 1000 acres both banks OF the Swan
nauoa and French Broad In the western part OF
North Carolina. \ little more than half of the
estate Is woodland. and constitutes Fillmore For
est the tract OF the kind in the United States
to be subjected "A regular system OF management.
With II view TO profit TO the owner as well as
Improvement to MS csta;e. II IS rich In OAKS;
the spccica growing naturally ON the estate num-
bcrs more than seventy varieties. Belonging origin
ally L. II number OF snAll ana poor 0Mnors' '1
forest had suffered from every KIND OF abuse ana
nescc ERE S3'te' hseiiess 81 i1 " are
their worst All OF these sources oi lhJul3 ,
now scdulousy guarded against The whole tract
has been carciully inanpea anu l"tsu, "l roc
and It's location and condition. New roads are 70
be built. II system Of thorough supervision Is TO be
organized and maintained, ana numbering ,r ~
carried on with Il view 10 pIoiit. anu the future
results. and the iiltmore Forest has been greatly
improved. while cord wood has been supplied to the
brick works ties 10 the railroad posts to the farm.
and lumber for building al! At prices less man inc
wood IS a. cheap as at Ashcyillc Careful accounts
are kept showing proht OF about siV on q to,iI
Of expenditures and receipts of $500 The example
ard Instruction OF such wholesale experiment
ought to be of incalculable Val Ne to all VINO are
Interested In the future Of our forests
\ regular system Of treatment on sclentllc OASIS,
founded the experience OF countries WheIe Tor
esiry is recognized as OF nat0na. importance mas
been established. An arboretum has been begun
By laying a road I've miles long, on either side
lined for hundred feet BY the plants IN inc col
lection and arcady there are more trees ana SHRUBS
IN II than In the famous Botanical firdeii al Kew,
near London. \ careful record and n FOREST Bo-
tanlca! Library VIII furnish the necessary ald 10
10 be planted from seedlings, growing IN the nursery
Of H." estate. where twenty species now number
17jO0J) ~ individual specimens costing - % 70
81 ., per Loo Thus Fillmore. be'deS us splendid
houes and fine farm buildings. lis great HOOKS and
herds It's stock farm, III agricultural ana floral
and seed farms. will nave 4 forest managed on
scientific principles. where 'pf the lrFt time
IN this country. students may STUDY III" theory and
practce of f9reqtrv Abroad the national govern
,nents have schoo,s established and maintained at
a large expense and the results nave been very
satisfactory. Here we have private citizen. Mr..
GEORGE w Vanderbilt. wisely using MS means to 10
a great and useful work. The pans and general
sketch devised by Mr. Clifford llnchot consulting
forester OF the Fillmore estate were exhibited NJ
Chicago, and attracted much ATTENTION from many
FOREIGN eXperts Visitors Arhevle VIII find in
Fillmore AMI the lessons 10 be- iesrned there much
that VIII be instructive, but nothing more likely
10 be useful than the management OF It's forest,
for II Will be an object lesson 10 al VINO are plead
Ing that our woodland may be saved from destruc-
ton grounds OF both utility and natural beauty.