AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Magazine of the American Forestry Association 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 

 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



S. T. Dana 



Frederick S. Underbill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



Au"iisi,1915. Vol.21 



CONTENTS 



No. 260 



Cover Picture Tulip or Yellow Poplar Tree. 



The Tulip or Yellow Poplar Tree — Identification 



With t\V(i illustrations. 



Commercial Uses of Tulip or Yellow Poplar 



Willi i.-ij;ht illustrations. 



Characteristics and Seeding of the Tulip Tree —By S. B. Elliott 

 With live illustrations. 



Collecting Wood Specimens 



American Forestry Association Day 



The Bird Department— Birds and the Forests — By Arthur A. 



Allen 



How Switzerland Cultivates Her Forests — By Marie Widnier. . 

 Willi live illustrations. 



Charles Frederick Quincy 



Willi one ]iortrait. 



Fire Fighting Exhibit at the Exposition 



California Tree Novelties— By E. A. SterUng— Part II 



With ten illustrations. 



Education in Wood Uses 



833 



cS34 



840 



S-H 

 844 



845 

 847 



851 



852 

 853 



860 



Ornamental and Shade Trees — Fall Planting — By J. J. Levison. 861 



With four illustrations. 



The Directors' Meeting 865 



Children's Department — Forestry and What it Means — By 



Brisi.iw .Xiiams 866 



A Pennsylvania Meeting 867 



Coal Company Practices Forestry — By A. C. Xeumiller 868 



With six illustralions. 



North Carolina's Action 871 



Danger Season in the West 871 



Yale Forestry Class in the Woods — By James L. Goodwin. . . . 872 

 With tivc illustrations. 



Editorial 876 



Wood Preserving Department — By E. A. Sterling 875 



Forest Reserves Purchased 879 



Forest Notes 880 



Canadian Department — B>- ElKvood Wilson 883 



Current Literature 886 



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