American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Forestrp Association 



EDWIN A. START, Editor 



January CONTENTS 1911 



COVER DESIGN— By Charles E. Cartwright. 



REPRODUCTION BY SEEDING — AN INTERESTING BOTANICAL STUDY 



Frontispiece 



LESSONS FROM THE FOREST— By Edwin R. Jackson 3 



With fourteen illustrations from photographs of the United States Forest 

 Service. 

 FORESTRY PROGRESS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE— By W. R. Brown 19 



With illustrations from photographs and a map. 



THE LAKE STATES FIRE CONFERENCE 30 



LUMBERMEN AND FOREST LEGISLATION— By Thornton A. Green 33 



RAILWAYS AND FOREST PROTECTION— By R. H. Aishton 38 



THE LOST TRAIL— By F. L. Pollock (Poem) 40 



From the Atlantic Monthly, 1901. 

 THE PROTECTION OF FORESTS FROM FIRE— By Henry S. Graves 41 



Part V — Conclusion. With two illustrations. 



PREVENTION OF FOREST FIRES IN MINNESOTA— By C. C. Andrews 48 



EDITORIAL— 



The Status of the Weeks Bill 61 A State's Upbuilding 53 



The Lake States Conference 62 A Suggestion for Fuller Statistics 53 



CURRENT LITERATURE— 



Reviews. — Van Hise. Conservation of National Resources 64 



Rolt-Wheeler, The Boy with the U. S. Foresters 6.5 



Monthly List for December, 1910 55 



NATIONAL FOREST WORK— 



The Harvest of Hickory 59 The Work in Florida 69 



An Active Planting Campaign 59 Boundary Changes 60 



STATE WORK— 



.Massachusetts Forestry .^5soci3tion 60 Pennsylvania Forestry Association 61 



New Hampshire Timberland Owners Meet.. 61 West \'irginia 61 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



Canadian Forestry Association 62 Industries to Utilize Forest Waste 63 



The Use of Poles in 1009 62 The Forests of Labrador 63 



The Appalachian Forest Bill C'i Missouri's Forest Reserves 63 



ANNUAL MEETING OF AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 64 



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