AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor -•'^■' 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



S. T. Dana 



Frederick S. Underbill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



January 1917 Vol. 23 



CONTENTS 



No. 277 1 



The Willows— By Samuel B, Detwiler 3 



With twelve illustrations. 



War Styles in Matches 10 



With two illustrations. 



Porcupine Quills Needed 10 



Scenic Marvels of Sevier Forest 11 



With five illustrations. 



Red Spiders Infest Trees— By Eugene W. Mendenhall 14 



A Large Sassafras Tree— By Bertha M. Tomlinson 1-1 



With one ilKistration. 



Bringing Back the Game— By A. A. Allen 15 



Xvith eleven illustrations. 



Famous Latimer Elm Destroyed 20 



With one illustration. 



The American Milkweeds— By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 21 



With seven illustrations. 



Famous Moro Rock — By Mark Daniels 29 



With one illustration. 



French Forest Destruction — By Urbain Gohier 30 



With two illustrations. 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — By Bristow Adams 32 



The Trees in Winter. 



The Fimdamentals of a Good Hedge — By J. J. Levison 34 



With six ilhistrations. 



The Fight Against the Pine Blister Disease 38 



Water-power on National Forests 42 



With two iUustrations. 



Saving a Famous Tree 43 



With one illustration. 



A Forest Fire Fork 43 



With one illustration. 



The Pedigree of a Splendid Tree 44 



With one illustration. 



The 640-Acre Stock-Raising Homestead Law 45 



International Forestry Conference and Annual Meeting of 



the Association 46 



Editorial 47 



The Peril of Combinations. 

 National Parks vs. National Forests. 



Forestry in Vermont — By Roderic M. Olzendam 49 



How Our Members Like the Magazine 51 



Canadian Department — By Ell wood Wilson S3 



Current Literature 54 



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