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I AMERICAN FORESTRY | 



I THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION | 



I PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE. Editor I 



■ May 1919 Vol. 25 



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No. 305 I 



WAR'S DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH FORESTS— By 



Percival Sheldon Ridsdale 



With nineteen illustrations. 



STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS IN THE 



WAR— By J. Demorlaine 



With three illustrations. 



SPRING IN MARYLAND— Poem by John Ferguson 



MONUMENTS WITH A MEANING 



With four illustrations. 

 A NATIONAL FOREST POLICY— WHY AND HOW 



EXCLUDING ENEMY ALIENS WITH APPETITES DE 

 LUXE— By Charles Lathrop Pack 



With six illustrations. 



CANADA TO HELP FRANCE— By Ellwood Wilson 



LET TREES TELL THEIR GLORY, NOT OUR 

 SORROW 



TREES AS WIRELESS TOWERS 



HIGHWAY FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE— By 



Henry W. Hulbert 



With five illustrations. 



A SIMPLE WAY TO DESTROY CATERPILLARS— By 



Edward P. Sperry 



With one illustration. 



PROTECTING BIRDS AS AN ACT OF PATRIOTISM— By 



Moody B. Gates 



With five illustrations. 



WALKS IN THE WOODS— WITH WASHINGTON IRV- 

 ING ALONG THE CROTON AQUEDUCT— By J. Otis 



Swift 



With seven illustrations. 



PHYTOPHOTOGRAPHY— OR THE SCIENCE OF PHO- 

 TOGRAPHING FLOWERS— By R. W. Shufeldt 



With eight illustrations. 

 FORESTRY AS A VOCATION— By H. H. Chapman 



FOREIGN NURSERY STOCK INSPECTION INSUFFI- 

 CIENT 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT— By Ellwood Wilson 



NEW BRUNSWICK FOREST SERVICE STAFF CON- 

 FERENCE 



GEORGIA TRAINING FORESTERS FOR WAR DE- 

 PARTMENT 



ARMY AIRCRAFT TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES 



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THIS BEAUTIFUL SPOT IS ON THE GREEN, AT KENDALL, 

 MASSACHUSETTS, AND SHOWS THE TREATMENT OF A 

 STREAM WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE A VALUABLE ASSET 

 TO THE COMMUNITY. Photograph shown through courtesy ot 

 the F. A. Bartlett Company. 



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

 ton, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1919, by the American Fores- 

 try Association. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for 

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



