QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



Many of our readers frequently desire to 

 secure some expert advice regarding various 

 features of forestry work, and do not know 

 to whom to apply for the information. 



The Editor has accordingly decided to 

 establish this column in which he will be 

 glad to publish such questions as may be 

 sent to him, and give the answers, when- 

 ever the questions relate to any detail of 

 the work which this Association is doing or 

 such information as it can give. 



The Editor requests that communications 

 be written on one side of the paper only and 

 if possible, be typewritten. 



Asheville. N. C. 



Editor American Forestry. — Will you 

 kindly recommend some book describing 

 the trees and shrubs of North Carolina? 



Allen G. Miller, 



Dr. J. K. Small's "Flora of the Southern 

 States" describes all of the trees and 



shrubs which Mr. Miller is likely to meet 

 with in North Carolina, but this work is 

 not illustrated. The only work I know of 

 containing illustrations is one entitled Brit- 

 ton and Brown's "Illustrated Flora of 

 Northern United States." This, however, 

 is a rather expensive work. I do not know 

 of any sufficiently exhaustive publication 

 with illustrations and descriptions of 

 shrubs in the region referred to. 



Dr. C. S. Sargent's "Manual of Trees of 

 North America" and Dr. N. L. Britton's 

 "Forest Trees of North America" are both 

 compact illustrated works which would 

 serve Mr. Miller. Dr. Sargent's work 

 would probably meet his needs best for 

 trees, as it contains all of the information 

 he desires on these plants. 



Very truly yours, 



Geo. B. Sudworth, 

 U. S. Forest Service. 



COMING MEETINGS 



Officials of forestry, lumber, timberland 

 and fire protection associations are invited 

 to send to American Forestry notices of 

 their meetings to be published in this column. 



December 2-3 — Western Forestry & Con- 

 servation Association, Seattle, Wash. 



December 3 — Northwestern Hardwood 

 Lumbermen's Association, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. Annual meeting. 



December 4-6 — National Rivers & Har- 

 bors Congress, New Willard Hotel, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



December 7 — North Central Missouri Re- 

 tail Lumber Dealers' Association, Moberly, 

 Mo. 



December 18 — Lumber Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation of Southern New England, Willi- 

 mantic, Conn. Monthly meeting. 



January 6-7 — Meeting of Eastern Foresters' 

 Association, at Lakewood, N. J. 



January 8 — Annual Meeting, American 

 Forestry Association, at Washington, D. C 



January 9-10 — Conference of State For- 

 esters under auspices of the Forest Service, 

 at Washington, D. C. 



January 14-16 — Nebraska Lumber Dealers' 

 Association, Rome Hotel, Omaha, Nebr. 

 Annual meeting. 



January 14-16 — Northwestern Lumber- 

 men's Association, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Annual meeting. 



January 15 — Third annual convention, 

 North Carolina Forestry Association, at Ra- 

 leigh, N. C. 



January 21-23 — Ninth annual convention 

 American Wood Preservers Association, 

 Hotel Sherman, Chicago. 



January 21-23 — Ohio Association of Retail 

 Lumber Dealers, Cleveland, Ohio. 



January 21-23 — Union Association of Lum- 

 ber and Sash and Door Salesmen, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Annual meeting. 



January 21-23 — Colorado & Wyoming Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Association, Denver, Colo, 

 Annual meeting. 



January 22-24 — Southwestern Lumbermen's 

 Association, Kansas City, Mo. Annual meet- 

 ing. 



January 29-30 — Retail Lumber Dealers' 

 Association of the State of New York, 

 Hotel Utica, Utica, N. Y. Annual meeting. 



January 29-30 — Pennsylvania Lumbermen's 

 Association, Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Annual meeting. 



February 4 — Canadian Lumbermen's Asso- 

 ciation, Ottawa, Ont. Annual meeting. 



February 5 — Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion, Ottawa, Ont. Annual business meet- 

 ing. 



February 13-15 — Western Retail Lumber- 

 men's Association, Masonic Temple, Spo- 

 kane, Wash. Annual meeting. 



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