. Canadian forest industries 1884. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 101 Russian Forests. The constantly increasing destruction of Rus- sian forests is naturally discussed with much interest by Russian papers. The Pall Mall Oatette says :â "In the last hundred years the forest area of Russia has diminished from 11 per cent, in Twer to 45 per cent, in Riazan. The beautiful oak forests are becoming extinct. Of the celebrated chestnut woods of Vassilsursk, which date from the time of Peter the Great, only the bo
. Canadian forest industries 1884. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 101 Russian Forests. The constantly increasing destruction of Rus- sian forests is naturally discussed with much interest by Russian papers. The Pall Mall Oatette says :â "In the last hundred years the forest area of Russia has diminished from 11 per cent, in Twer to 45 per cent, in Riazan. The beautiful oak forests are becoming extinct. Of the celebrated chestnut woods of Vassilsursk, which date from the time of Peter the Great, only the borders exist at present, while all the interior is ravaged. The extensive forests on banks of the Volga and the Don, which once reached far into the steppes towards the Ural Mountain, are now destroyed, and so many million of trees have been felled in the interior of Russia that wood is becoming scarce in many of the provinces. The destruction is carried on Tery systematically ; but before long it will of needs come to an end if the enormous con- sumption of firewood is not energetically stop- ; Pacific Coast Forests. The forestry association of the Pacific coast, under the competent guidance of Prof. Sargent, is devoting its attention to the preservation of the beautiful forests of the Pacific coast range : Especially the redwood forests of California are' said to undergo a fearful devastation by careless lumbermen, who utilize less than half of the trunks cut, besides the damage done by such indiscriminate cutting to the younger growtli of trees. Very often districts are fired after the very best timber has been removed and thus additional damage is done to neighboring woods. Such wholesale destruction will eventually harm the lumbering interests far more than the â mall additional gain of the present can com- pensate for, and it seems that this fact is only too often ignored by those who are supposed to know better,âBuffalo Lumber World. A Famous Parisian Tree. Th
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