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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



February 1919 Vol. 25 



CONTENTS 



No. 302 I 



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IN THE PIKE NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO 



Seven Falls, South Cheyenne Cannon. Three hundred 



leet high, the ascent is made by 267 



wooden and 20 stone steps 



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

 Postoffice at Washington, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 

 Copyright, 1919, by the American Forestry Association. Accep- 

 tance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in 

 Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



Frontispiece — North China Flood Pictures. 



Forests and Floods in China — By Herman H. Chapman 835 



With twenty-five illustrations. 



The New Spring Saw 844 



With two illustrations. 



Italian Government Buys Timber 844 



The Uses of Wood — Wood Used in Vehicle Manufacture — By Hu 



Maxwell 845 



With fourteen illustrations. 



Free Trees for Planting in Pennsylvania 852 



Walks in the Woods — The Nepperhan Valley in Winter Time — By J. 



Otis Swift 853 



With four illustrations. 



A National Park to Honor Roosevelt 855 



Virginia Inherits for Benefit of State Forest Reserves 855 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — The Pine Woods Folk: Squeaky 

 Chipmunk Collects Some Seeds— By E. G. Cheyney 856 



Grating Solves City Tree Problem 858 



With one illustration. 



Trenton's Bird-House Building Contest— By M. M. Burris 859 



With three illustrations. 



A Bird Fountain for Roosevelt ■. 860 



Forestry in Dixie 861 



With one illustration. 



The Forestry Situation in New South Wales '. 862 



Enthusiasm for Memorial Trees 863 



Roadside Planting as a Memorial to Our Soldiers and Sailors — By 



Prof. R. B. Faxon 864 



With seven illustrations. 



February — And Plant Life Still Sleeps in Northern Climes — By R. 



W. Shufeldt 868 



With fourteen illustrations. 



Emergency Feed From Desert Plants 875 



With three illustrations. 



Governor Lowden Endorses Tree Planting 876 



The Plovers— By A. A. Allen 877 



With eleven illustrations. 



Forestry and Reconstruction in New York 880 



Digest of Opinions on Forestry 881 



Forestry Pursuits for Disabled Men 883 



A Letter From Chaplain Williams of the Forestry Units 885 



Old 10th Engineers Hoboken Sheet 886 



Wooden Ships 888 



Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson 889 



Book Reviews 891 



National Lumber Congress 891 



Current Literature 892 



