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 



Aphil 1917 Vol. 23 



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CONTENTS 



No. 2S() 1 



Planting One Million Food Gardens 1^1 



With seventeen illustrations. 

 Forestry and the Paper Industry — By Hon. D. F. Houston. . , , 205 



With thirteen iUustrations. 

 Nebraska's Forestation Commission — By W^oodruff Ball, 



Secretary 212 



The Independence of American Nurseries — By David Fairchild 213 



With four illustrations. 

 The Dogwood— By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 217 



Witli five iUustrations. 

 The Warblers— By A. A. Allen, Ph.D 221 



With ten illustrations. 



Mining "Claims" in the Grand Canyon — By H. H. Chapman. 225 

 With four illustrations. 



Food-Producing Trees — By J. Russell Smith, Ph.D 228 



With nine illustrations. 



Eastern Forest Lands Bought 23,? 



The New Spirit of Public Service— By C. J. Stahl 234 



Illustrated Glossary— Further Descriptions of Roots— Dr. R. W. 



Shufeldt 235 



( )ne illustration. 



Spraying Work of This Season — By J. J. Levison 236 



With three illustrations. 



.Solian Erosion in Hawaii— By C. S. Judd 239 



With two ilhistratiors. 



Tour of the National Forests and Parks 240 



Lake Sunapee — Poem liy Richard Butler Glaenzer 240 



Pine Blister Quarantine Hearing 241 



Editorial 242 



The Summer Campaign Against the White Pine Blister. 

 National Park Legislation. 

 Primary Education in Forestry. 



The Public Domain and the Stock-Raising Homestead 

 Law. 



Building Bungalows — By Rawson Woodman Haddon 244 



With seven illustrations 



Canadian Department — Ellwood Wilson 248 



Current Literature 248 



With one illustration. 



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I blossoms, fruits, seeds, area of growth, etc. j 



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