Evening star., 1938-01-02

OF 200 feet across the TOP and 300
feet down the side, or on paper 12
inches across the top and l8 inches
down the side.
This is a start toward making a
map of the share of the National
Forests that belongs to each of us.
NOW, what trees do you suppose each
OF us owns that should be put on
this map? That is a question for
which there is no entirely correct
answer because the tree population
OF the National Forests has never been
taken. Those men in the service who
nave lived closed to the problem for
long time, however, have pretty
good idea of what the number of
principal trees that belong to each
of us would be.
EACH citizens share of the tim
Der on the National Forests we're
put on his acre and third Of land,
he would probably have around 200
trees, ranging in size from towering
monarchs to tiny seedlings. There
are 80 different kinds. or species, of
trees in the United States, but for
purposes of keeping our picture SIM
pie We may limit our consideration
to the ten that are most important
or most abundant.
OF the ten principle kinds Of trees
one is overwhelmingly important on
the National Forests. 1t is likely to
make up half the trees, probably more
than half, that are on the citizens
lot. 1t is a softwood tree. a tree
with needles instead of broad leaves,
an evergreen that keeps it's summer
coloring in the wintertime. Repre-
sented by numbr of species, it grows
IN most parts of the United States
and, under the effect of temperature
and rainfall has developed different
traits In different sections. But it is
the master OF them all, more impor-
tant to man than any other; as i'm
portant as all the others taken to-
gether.
We give you the familiar pine tree.
We present hundred specimens of it
for planting on your lot. We assign
to it half the space on that lot that is
to be given over to trees.
The tree that ranks next to the pine
in number, in the extent of the area
over which it Is to be found, in the
space that it is to have on the citi-
zen's tree lot. is probably the sturdy
oak. Where there are 100 pines on
the typical lot there might be Is oaks.
They are hardwood trees, with broad
leaves which Except for some vari-
eties in the West and far South) they
shed in the winter time. Tough,
strong fellows are these oaks, with tap
roots that go straight down and trunks
that defy all storms.
THE third tree in number and i'm
portance is the Douglas fir, which
the citizen is not likely to have seen
unless he has visited the Western part
of the United States. It is q cousin of
the pines. an evergreen with needles
anu SOAACo al OlCSOll dIlO WdSlllIlS-
ton it grows in dense forests, with
trees 800 feet tall, 10 feet through,
with straight trunks that lend them
selves ideally to numbering.
Uncut Douglas frs in the West have
more board feet of lumber under their
bark than has any other group of
trees in the United States. Every
citizen owns about Is of them out
right. They are the most valuable
timber on his lot.
The Douglas fir. according to the
scientists, is not correctly named, is
not fir at all. There is another
large group Of true fir trees scattered
from coast to coast. very fond of cold
countries or growing high up on
mountainsides. They yield up much
pulp for the making of paper and turn
up every year as Christmas trees in
millions Of homes. The trademark Of
the true frs is the fact that the cones
stand bolt upright on the limb while
those Of such pretenders as the
Douglas hang down.
OF these true frs there should be
about the same number, Is, on the
lot of every citizen.
Then there are the cedar trees,
from which lead pencils and multi
tudes of shingles are made. There
should be some - of them on each
mans lot. The cedar is usually a
scrubby tree but grows to timber
proportions in Alaska and on the
Pacific coast. 1t is famed for its
pleasing odor and so comes to be used
for lining closets. 1t will keep green
on your lot in the winter time, and
make favorite home for birds that
refuse to 60 South when the cold
comes on.
There would be IL spruce trees,
lovers Of northern climates and high
attitudes, on each citizens plot. New
England, the Canadian border, the
high Cascades, know them we'll. We
all are very well acquainted, indeed,
with one Of their products, because
they have furnished very handsome
share of the pulp from which the
newspapers most of us have read all
our lives have been printed. There
on your acre and third the IL will
stand-tall, graceful and beautiful
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