New Britain herald., 1921-12-16
XMAS TEES ARE
 GROWING SCARCE
Forest FireS,UnsCrupulous Yen- dors and therS Cut Millions

wasbi,et,, Dec. 15.--Each holi- day time bngs the usual story apout the Christns trees where they come from, hownany and the means used to bring undreds of train loads of them to tp markets
 Danrc of Exhausting Supply.
 Rut tn Christmas tree and the holly an, the other greens which go so far 5ward making the holiday "atmosuere" are doomed to eXtinc- ton mess some means are taken to reppduce them. The state of Yer mont lone furnishes five million trees or the eastern markets each Chrlstnas tms and unless means are ike to conserve and reproduce the apply some time will be eX- haustd The American Forestry As sociaon has issued a Christmas tree monoraph on the subject,
 tcpS to Preserve Greens.
 "Th first step to save the Christ mas eeens," it says, lis better fire preverion methods. Wholesale cut ting Y vendors who never go into the wods except at this season and the lpldup' prices in big cities are denonccd. On the other hand prop CT citing aids the growth of the large trees and if properly done is a hep. The holly is benng cut by the lnthinking in a way that borders on slaughter, and only the right sort Of cutting will save this valued greer for the holiday season.
 Different Kinds of Trees.
 "Ten of the 25 kinds of fir trees found in the world are native to North America, eight occur in the Pacific sopes and in the Rocky noun tain regions, and only two are found in the eastern United States, and one of these-Fraser's Fir--is limited to the higl mountains of Virginia, North Carolinl and Tennessee. Most inn portant in the Western group are the Grand Fir. Nobel Fir White Fir, and Red Fir. The Balsam Fir is unquos- tion,bly the best known and most widely distributed of our native frs. II Is one of the most beautiful eyer green trees native to North America. It frequents bOgs, sWamps, and other wet places. Among it's chief associ- ates are the American LarCh Arbor Vitae, Black Spruce and Red Spruce. Its companion species are not many for few trees can withstand the fN- treme wet and cold conditions of our northern bogs and swamps.
 RaIsam Fir.
 "The Ralsam Fir is a tree which satisfies many human wants, but the greatest of all its gifts is the Christ mas tree. As a Christmas tree 1t has no superior and in many localities no other native tree has Christmas tree qualities that even approach 1t The European Fir, so Commo' throughout many parts of Continent a Europe, has many characteristic in common with our BalSam Fir. too,3 has been used for centuries a Christmas tree. The similarity b tween these two trees is very markd, which may have helped develop ar high regard for the 3alCam Fir F1d rate it as the foremost Christmas zee of the eastern United States.
 Used in Laboratories.
 "On the trunk of the BalsamWlIl be found a large number of littlebls- terlike sacs of halsam, A finge nall will puncture the little bliste' ana there will flow a small quantH or balslm, as clear as crystal. when refined, this is used in maktnfmlcro- scopic slides in our scientificlaoora- tories. It is used chiefly { attach cover glass to the slides. hlSam IS also regarded as an eXCellat mcdl- cine.
 "Cones and buds of the plsam Fir