206 THE SCIEXTIFIC MOyTHLY
3u]ijjlifil. The spat'e is auflii-ient fori at Cinchona. The ganlen)', green-
a number of investigators at one tinie,| houi-es ami varioux outbuililings afford
anil life there is very pleasant inileed. i)|>[iort unity for propagating plants
Dr. Forrest Shreve of the Desert ami for placing them under a variety
Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of experimental conditions. The near-
nriles that the portions of the Blue ness ot an eiteni^ive tract of virgin
AIountainH which are accessible from forest is alro a valuable as^et for phys-
Cinchona, at both higher and loner' iologieal as well as ecological work,
altitudes, exhibit a diversity of vege- The exi-elleut trails, the eaiiy means of
tation in correlation with the widely communication and supply, the prea-
differing temperature and moisture con- em-e of a guide with a knowledge of
ditions, and alro a vertical diversity (he local flora, and the very healthful
from floor to eanapy ivithin the rain- living conditions combine to make Cin-
fore^t itself. Ample opportunity is chona an extremely useful station for
thus offered for the invctigation of thote who may with to carrj' on more
the physical environment in relation or lefs prolongeil imestieatians in the
to the local and general dir^lribution of problems of the ^enii-torrid and humid
plants. A wide range of plant mate- tropics. rial is available for the study of gen- eral physiological behavior as well as IRRIGATION 7.V BRITISH for the special types of activity char- COLCMBIA ai'teristic of rain-forest plants. The Oxe of the strongest conservation
fuuilamental processes of plants, as lights in all America is being waged
carried on nnder extremely humid con- in British Columbia where the dcstruc-
ilitiona, and the infliieni-e of the char- tion of the forests on the Rocky Moun-
acter and rate of these processes upon tain slopes through continual fires has
the growth, distribution and periodic imperilled many thousands of acres of
lihftiomena of the hygrophytic vegeta- farm land in the valleys. Hand in
i;«ri offer a rich field for future work hand with the^e efforts of the provin-
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