1096 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Annual Meeting 



THE thirty-fifth annual meeting of the American Forestry Associatinn will be held at the Copley- 

 Plaza Hotel, Boston. i\Iass., on Monday and Tuesday, January, IV, IS, lijlii. 

 The chief feature of this meeting will be reports and discussions concerning the effort to secure 

 an extension of the apiirojiriatidn for the continued oiieration of the Weeks Law. This is so important to 

 Xew England and the v^outhern Appalachians in particular, and to the whole country in general, that a 

 larger attendance than at any other annual meeting of the Association is expected, and desired. 



(.")n the evening of Monday, January H, there will be a joint forestry banquet of the American Forestry 

 Association, Massachusetts Forestry Association, and all the other forestry organizations in New England, 

 at wdiich are expected as speakers a member of the Cabinet and several of the leading men of the country. 



Tickets for this banquet are So. 00 each. Reservations for it are desired at once. 



Send in orders, with or without the money, to P. S. Ridsdale, Secretary American Forestry Association, 

 \\'ashington, D. C, or Harris .\. Reynnlds, Secretary Alassachusetts Forestry Association, 4 Joy Street, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Those desiring special tables of six or eight for special parties will please give notification as soon 

 as possible. 



The program for the two days' meeting is as follows; — 



Monday, January H — 



9.;iO a. m. — Meeting of the Pioard of Directors. 



2 p. m. — General j\Ieeting. 



Welcome by the President. 

 Re|)ort of the Secretary. 

 Report of the Treasurer. 

 .\ppointmeni of the Nominating Committee. 

 Addresses — The Weeks Law Situation. 



New England Forestry l'rol)lems. 



Municijial Forests. 

 Report of the Nominating Committee. 

 F.lection of (Jfficers. 

 General Pusiness. 



I.iio p. m. — Joint Forestry llanquet. 



Tuesday, January is — 



10 a. m. — .\(ldre^ses. 



The National Forestry Situation. 



Forestry and Lumbering. 



Suggestions for American Forestry Association Work. 



City Forestry and Its Future. 



•.^ p. ni. — .Addresses. 



State Forestry organizations and Problems. 

 State Fire Protection Work. 

 The War on Destructive Tree Insects. 

 White Pine Blister Rust Menace. 



T.'iO ]). m. — Meeting of the 1916 Board of Directors. 

 Adjf)urnnient. 



