Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1894 — Tree Growing. [ARTICLE]

Tree Growing.

Queen Victoria has dispatched her head forester at Balmoral to Germany, in order that he may investigate the methods of tree growing which are adopted on the estates of the Duke of Coburg, the Prince of Fureten berg, and other great forest owners. There are about $25,000 acres of woodlands on the Queen's Scotch estates at Balmoral and Birkhall, principally pines, firs, larches and spruces. Tho Queen's finest forest is llallochbule, which was purchased by her Ma esty in 18i8. It extends to h’/100 acres, tind consists of primeval Scot firs, and many noble pine trees. ________