AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Magazine of the American Forestri^ Association 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



S. T. Dana 



Frederick S. Underbill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



Orlober. 1915. Vol.21 



CONTENTS 



No. 262 



Cover Picture — The Chestnut Tree. 



The American Chestnut Tree — Identification and Character- 

 istics — By Samuel H. lX-t\vilcr 957 



With six ilUist rations. 

 Commercial Uses of Chestnut — By P. L. Buttrick 960 



Witli twelve illustrations. 

 Chestnut in the Future 967 



With one illustration. 



Alaska's Fire Losses 968 



Principles of Landscape Forestry — Art of Managing Pleasure 

 Woods— By Wilhelm Miller 969 



With ten illustrations. 



The Largest Trees 976 



The Bird Department— By A. A. Allen, Ph. D 977 



With four illustrations. 



Forestry at the Exposition 9.S0 



National Conservation and Water Powers — By Herman H. 

 Chapman 981 



With five illustrations. 



Maryland's Wood Using Industries 986 



Children's Department — How Trees Travel — By Bristow Adams 987 



With two illustrations. 

 A Forester's Chief Task— By Alfred Gaskill 989 



With one photograph. 



Directors Meet in New England 98'* 



Two Notable Oaks— By J. R. Simmons 990 



With one illustratiun. 



States Get $850,000 From National Forests 99(1 



California's Tree Collection 991 



Ornamental and Shade Trees — How to Plant a Shade Tree and 

 How to Care for It the First Few Years — By J. J. Lcvison , , 99 > 



With seven illustrations. 

 The Philippine Forestry Exhibit— By Arthur T. Fischer 997 



With three illustratinns. 



Wood Preserving Department — By E. A. Sterling 999 



A New Factor in Forest Finance — By W. T. Christine 1001 



With three photographs. 



Beaver Dams Last 150 Years 1002 



West Virginia's State Forester 1002 



With one photograph. 



Editorial 1003 



Getting Closer to Forest Problems 100.? 



The Weeks Law Conference 1004 



Bouquets for the New Magazine 1006 



The Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson 1007 



Current Literature 1009 



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Copyright 1915, by the American Forestry Association 



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