We have frequently drawn attention to the fact that there will never be a scarcity of timber in our country, because the wide-awake American will be sure to plant as soon as it becomes scarce enough to make it worth while to plant more. The old notion, derived from English works on forestry, that it takes centuries to grow trees to a profitable size, came from the fact, that the landed interest of Great Britain know absolutely nothing of forestry, and seldom learn much from outside sources. An American will learn from a single illustration, found anywhere, and profit by it. There is no need to employ no end of commissioners at equally endless salaries, in order to find out how fast our timber is decreasing, and tell us how to keep our old and half-rotten forest trees from falling to the ground: "because it takes ages to get a new supply you know".