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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



I December 1917 Vol. 23 



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CONTENTS 



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No. 288 



Ye Hollye Greene — Poem by Donald A. Fraser... 



709 



A Forester at the Fighting Front— By P. L, Buttrick 710 



Willi twelve illustrations. 



How Warfare Taxes the Forests 



Foresters and Woodsmen in War Work _ _ 



With nine illustrations. 



Only A Volunteer — Poem by a Member of the 20th Engi- 

 neers ( Forest j _ _ _ _ _ 



716 

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A Ballad of the Timber Cruiser — Poem by Lew R. Sarett 720 



Landscaping and Forestry — By Sinith Riley 727 



With eight illustrations. 



A Wonderful Walnut Tree— By V. W. Killick 731 



With one illtretration. 



Dead Leaves Valuable-! 731 



Climatic Records in the Trunks of Trees — By A. E. Douglass 732 

 With three illustrations. 



A Problem of Erosion — By R. S. Maddox... 



With three illustrations. 



Free Trees for Pennsylvania...- 



Forestry Prize Award at Cornell ,. 



Donations to the Lumber and Forest Regiments Relief Com- 

 mittee - — 



The Woodpeckers — By A. A. Allen _ ._ _ _ 



With eleven illustrations. 



Wood to the Front as Wartime Fuel... 

 With one illustration. 



Black Locust Needed for Ships 



Plants and Animals of the Atlantic and Gulf States — Dr. 



R. W. Shufeldt _ „ „ 



With ten illustrations. 



Editorial _ _ _ 



White Pine Blister Disease... 



735 



Waste of Forage Through Lack of Grazing. 

 Wood Cutting to Overcome Coal Shortage. 



Using Wood in Fireplaces to Conserve Coal — By Rawson W. 



Haddon _ _ _ 



With eight illustrations. 



American Foresters in Military Service — Standing Roster... 



The Annual Meeting _ _ _ _ 



Rugged Bear's Breast Peak — By Guy E. Mitchell _ 



With one illustration. 



Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson _ _, _ _ „ 



Book Reviews .._ _ _ _ _ _ 



Current Literature ._ _ 



735 

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712 



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759 

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I SPECIAL OFFER TO MEMBERS ONLY | 



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



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



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



1 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. 1 



1 No. 3 — Field Book of American Wild Flowers, 587 pages, 24 colored plates and 215 full-page 1 



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AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 



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