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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE. Editor 



April 1919 Vol. 25 



CONTENTS 



No. 304 



French Forests for Our Army — By Percival Sheldon Ridsdale 



With sixteen illustrations. 



IP. 

 963 



Cascara Stumpage Advertised on Siuslaw 972 



The Uses of Wood — Wooden Boats and Their Manufacture — By Hu 



Maxwell 973 



With twenty-one illustrations. 

 Forest Opportunity on Pine Lands in the South — By F. W. Bcslcy.... 



Washington's First Memorial Tree 



With one illustration. 



Forward With Tree Planting — By Charles Lathroii Pack 

 With seven illustrations. 



Why Wood Is Best— By Alfred Gaskill. 

 With seven illustrations. 



983 

 981 



985 



991 



Mandrakes, Wild Lupine and Notes on the American Snapping Turtle. 



—By R. W. Shufeldt 995 



With nine illustrations. 



Rails, Gallinules and Coots— By A. A. Allen 



With thirteen illustrations. 



1(101 



Southwestern Forest Supervisors Hold Important Conference. 



1005 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — The Pine Woods Folk — Squeaky Chip- 

 munk Makes a Discovery — By E. G. Chayney WOU 



Digest of Opinions on Forestry 1008 



Walks in the Woods: (II) "Around Robin Hood's Barn"— By J. Otis 



Swift 



With four illustrations. 



1009 



Sell Fuel Wood by Weight 1012 



Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson 1015 



Training Courses in Wood Inspection lOlU 



Forestry in Louisiana 1918 



Planting Trees in a New Way 1018 



Current Literature 1019 



ITALIAN CYPRESS 

 This beautiful tree is a native of Europe and Asia. It is a tall, 



very slender, tapering tree, with branches lying close to the Entered as second-class matter December 24, 1909, at the Postofficc at Washington, 



stem. Often used to line a driveway or enhance a vista, it is under the Act of March 3, IS79. Copyricht. 1919, by the American Forestry Association. 



most adaptable for landscape work. (^Photograph by courtcsv of Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of 



Ihe California Nursery Comfany.) October 3. 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



