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I AMERICAN FORESTRY 



I THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



I PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



August 1919 Vol. 25 



CONTENTS 



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Photograph by courtesy Brown & Dawson, N. Y. 



THE CORYPHA TREE, AT ST. GEORGES, GRENADA 



This tree is remarkable for the fact that It lives ten 

 years, bears flowers and fruit, and then dies. 



Entered as second-class matter December 24, 1909. at the Post- 

 office at Washington, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 

 1919. by the American Forestry Association. Acceptance for 

 mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, 

 Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



Belgium's Forests Blighted by the Hun — By Pprcival Sheldon Rid.sflale 1251 

 With twelve illustrations. 



The Northwest's Worst Forest Fires 1259 



Prevention of Forest Fire Losses — By Smith Riley. 

 With seven illustrations. 



1260 



Forest Destruction Prevented by Control of Surface Fires — By 

 Joseph A. Kitts 1264 



Uncle Sam, Lumberman, Canal Zone — By W. H. Babbitt. 

 With five illustrations. 



For Them a Tree Stands There. 

 With five illustrations. 



National Honor Roll, Memorial Trees. 



Mysteries and Revelations of the Plant World — By D. Lange 

 With fourteen illustrations. 



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A National Forest Policy — The Proposed Legislation — By Henry S. 



Graves 1281 



A Discussion of Methods— By R. S. Kellogg 1282 



Pennsylvania's Opinion — By George H. Wirt 1283 



Control of Growing Forests— By Alfred Gaskill 1284 



The Seventeen-Year Locust— By R. W. Shufeldt. 

 With four illustrations. 



Dr. Fernow, Dean of Foresters, Retires. 

 Douglass "Killed in Action" 



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Graduates of the New York State College of Forestry Granted Amer- 

 ican-Scandinavian Fellowship 1289 



Forestry for Boys and Girls— The Pine Woods Folk— By E. G Cheyney 1290 



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The Gulls and Terns— By A. A. Allen 

 With ten illustrations. 



City Tree Planting 



Editors Take up Forest Matters 



1295 

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Forestry — The Relation of Wood to the Development of Civilization — 



By William Carson 1297 



With one illustration. 



Use of Cut-Over Lands. 



1298 



State News 1299 



Minnesota Kentucky 



Maryland Illinois 



New Jersey Georgia 



Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson. 



Pigeons Will Protect Forests 



Book Reviews 



Current Literature 



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