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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor , 



August 1917 Vol. 23 



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CONTENTS 



No. 284 



Foresters to the Front — By Bristow Adams 453 



With tliirtccn illustrations. 



The Monarch Pine — Poem by Leon T. Chamberlain. 

 Drawmg- by Agnes Scott. 



458 



Recreation in the Federal Forest Reserves — By Ida 



Agnes Baker 459 



With six illustrations. 



Scrappin' Fire on th' Cherokee — Poem by H. L. Johnson 464 



The New Freedom — of Food — By Norman C. McLoud.. 4ii5 

 With eleven illustrations. 



The Largest Sassafras Tree on Record 473 



With one illustration. 



Mount Gould, Glacier National Park — An Illustration. 



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Wild Flowers That Boys and Girls Should Know— By 



R. W. Shufeldt 474 



With twenty illustrations. 



Has the Black Forest Gone?— By Joh 



With six illustrations. 



Woods 481 



Making Friends With the Birds— By A. A. Allen 484 



With twelve illustrations. 



A Tree of Lost Identity — By John Footc, M.D 



With two illustrations. 



A Duel to the Death 



With one illustration. 



Chasms of Erosion and Forest Defense — By Charles A. 



White ". 



With three illustrations. 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — Wood for Fuel — By Bris 

 tow Adams 



National Forest Receipts Increase 



Reflection Lake, Rainier National Park — An Illustration 



The Valiant Hunters of the Moth Egg Cocoons 



With one illustration. 



Insuring Standing Forests 



Editorial 



Hawaiian Forests. 



The New Standard of Public Service. 



Our National Meat Supply Tlircatened. 



Book Reviews 



Canadian Department — By KlUvood Wilson 



Current Literature 



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I SPECIAL OFFER TO MEMBERS ONLY | 



1 One of the following described books will be presented free of charge to any member of the 1 



g American Forestry Association who secures ONE NEW subscribing member : 1 



1 No. 1 — Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs, 465 pages, 275 illustrations of trees, leaves, 1 



J blossoms, fruits, seeds, area of growth, etc. 1 



I No. 2— Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music, 262 pages, 38 colored and 15 other full- | 



1 page illustrations. J 



I No. 3 — Field Book of American Wild Flowers, 587 pages, 24 colored plates and 215 full-page | 



1 illustrations. 1 



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I present for Subscribing Membership in the AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, 

 including American Forestry Magazine, and enclose $3.00 for the 1917 fee — 



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$2.00 of above fee is for AMERICAN FORESTRY for One Year. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 



Subscription price without membership, three dollars per year; single copies, twenty-five cents. 



Entered us second-cI.a.ss mail matter December 24. 1909. at the Post-offlce at Wa.shington, under tbe Act of Maicli :;. IsTii 



Copyright. 1917, by tbe American Forestry Association 



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