. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 100 AMERICAN FORESTRY. A TORREY Pine Cone. Drawn by E. Roorback. be kept inviolate. To be carefully preserved from civiliaztion ruthless ad- vance. To be left unhindered of its own charming, spontaneous way. No close cropped shrubs, no stiffly bordered paths, no star and anchor beds of exotic hot-house aliens will ever disfigure its natiiral beauty. There is a city forester in charge who sees to it that they are let most gloriously alone, that thoughtless folk do not chop them into firewood, nor curio hunters carry away their patiently ripened cones.
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 100 AMERICAN FORESTRY. A TORREY Pine Cone. Drawn by E. Roorback. be kept inviolate. To be carefully preserved from civiliaztion ruthless ad- vance. To be left unhindered of its own charming, spontaneous way. No close cropped shrubs, no stiffly bordered paths, no star and anchor beds of exotic hot-house aliens will ever disfigure its natiiral beauty. There is a city forester in charge who sees to it that they are let most gloriously alone, that thoughtless folk do not chop them into firewood, nor curio hunters carry away their patiently ripened cones. But nature will continue to train the vines, the winds to prune the trees, the flowers to congregate in informal tangles according to their own delightful vagaries. This little wild park sheltering the last remnants of a vanishing race, is an immense asset to the city of San Diego and is a living monument to the far- seeing city authorities who have legis- y -^'J^^^^y^-' ^"^^^T 1 ifc-w ^ w^^fuKfSSm^^'^ ^^ fei^^^^^ \ ..... - ? ' T'^ ^^^^^^^kT '^ '"^LlttSL- ~'*' " ^.^^ttef^^^^^ l^T; ||i^jl\'.>¥?\^'%^J -, 1P|^> jRHlHlJJlM^SBfl^^H ^' '^Ifc^-^' '??' ^9Kk. ^ ' '"^R^^hWs^ ^':i- The Roots, in Search of Moisture, Sometimes Drive Away the Cliffs but the Tree Holds in Mysterious Way to the Poor Soil, and Succeeds in Ripening its Cones. Photo by E. Roorback. lated it into permanent safety. It is beyond the despoiling reach of investors and promotors. It will never be sub- divided into home lots or leased to factory sites. Everyone in America interested in the conservation of our rapidly vanishing wild places must rejoice to know of San Diego's con- siderate care of this accessible, beautiful wilderness of untouched growth. A rancher has applied for the rental of 320 acres on the Pike national forest, Colorado, to be used in connection with other private land, for raising elk as a commercial venture. The Government has just sold 43,000 cords of cedar wood for shin
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