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 



1 May 1917 Vol. 23 



CONTENTS 



No. 281 1 



War, Lumber and Ships 261 



A Million and More Food Gardens 263 



With eight ihustrations. 



Foresters for National Defense 268 



The Fruit Trees of Picardy — Poem by Alice Gertrude Field. ... 269 



Timber Cruising in the Pacific Northwest — By Herman H. 

 Chapman 270 



With six illustrations. 

 The Vireos— By A. A. Allen, Ph.D 272 



With seven illustrations. 

 A Forest Ranger Course for the Southern Appalachians 275 



With one illustration. 

 The Oahu Rain Forest — By Vaughan MacCaughey 276 



With five illustrations. 

 Cascade Pass, Washington — An Illustration 279 



The Sugar Pine — Identification, Characteristics and Commercial 



Uses— By Samuel B. Detwiler 280 



With eight illustrations. 

 Daisies, Com Cockle, Bugloss, and Other Summer Flowers — 



By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 285 



With seven illustrations. 



The Forestry Guy — Poem by Arthur Chapman 289 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — Some Forest History — By Bristow 

 Adams 290 



Community Spirit Saved the Trees— By Gayne T. K. Norton. . 292 

 Witli I 'He illustration. 



An Epoch-Making Conference — By Herman H. Chapman 293 



South American Forest Resources 295 



With six iUuslrations. 

 Harmonizing Lumbering and Esthetics — By C. M. Granger. . . 299 

 With four illustrations. 



Pine Blister Disease Quarantines 302 



Editorial 304 



Cut-over Lands a National Problem. 



Shall the National Forests be Made Self-Supporting? 



A Victory for Efficiency and Economy. 



A Group of Low-Cost Country Houses — By Rawson Woodman 



Haddon 307 



With four illustrations. 



Canadian Department 314 



Book Reviews 315 



Current Literature 316 



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