The Londonderry Sifter

Under the auspices and at the expense of the well-known New York banker, Morris K. Jessup, a collection of the native woods of the United States is being prepared and will be completed some time this year. It is to be presented to the Museum of Natural History, in Manhattan Square, New York City, and will open the eyes of all practical men to the vast resources possessed by this country in its native woods. The logs are being prepared in the arsenal at Central Park. They are, for the most part five feet long. At one end a section of half the thickness of the log is removed. In this way the longitudinal and transverse grainings are both shown. There is also a diagonal cut on the section, which displays that graining also. The remainder of the log remains in its natural condition with the bark attached. The work is being done by S. D. Dill, under the general charge of Prof. Sargent, of Harvard. Mr. Dill prepared the specimens for the Forestry Department of the United States census of 1881.