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. Underhill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



May, 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 269 



The American Elm ( Ulmus americana) — Cover Picture. 



TheTAmerican Elm — Identification and Characteristics^By 



Samuel B. Detwiler 259 



With eight illustrations. 



Commercial Uses of the White Elm 262 



With nine illustrations. 



Magna Charta of China's Forestry Work — By Dr. Joseph Bailie 268 



With seven illustrations. 



The Bird Department — The Return of the Birds — By A. A. 



Allen, Ph.D 273 



With six illustrations. 



Blasting and Tree Planting— By F. W. Wilson 276 



With one illustration. 



Tree Bark as Human Food — By Hu Maxwell 277 



With four illustrations. 



George Washington Profile 280 



With one illustration. 



A Private Forestry Undertaking — By A. F. Hawes 281 



With four illustrations. 



The Conifer's Curse— By R. E. Taft 283 



With three illustrations. 



Huge Dome of Granite— By Guy E. Mitchell 285 



With one illustration. 



Fighting Gully Erosion— By W. R. Mattoon 286 



With four illustrations. 



The Greenheart of Commerce- 



With six illustrations. 



-By C. D. Mell 28S 



The Children's Department — Fire in the Woods — By Bristow 



Adams 292 



With three illustrations. 



Ornamental and Shade Trees — -The Tree Faker — Bv Hermann 

 W. Mcrkcl-J. J. Levison ' 294 



With three illustrations. 

 How to Build a Camp Fire 298 



With two illustrations. 

 The Twin Beech Trees 299" 



With one illustration. 



Wood Preserving Department — By E. A. Sterling 309 



Lumber Uses — By Warren B. Bullock 301 



Purpose of Arbor Day 302 



Plan for Tree Exhibit 305 



Editorial — 



The Failure of Louisiana's Forestry Policy — And Its 

 Remedy 304 



Book Reviews 306 



Canadian Department — By Ell wood Wilson 307 



Current Literature 307 



CHECK OFF BOOK DESIRED. 



D THE BIRD BOOK 



By CHESTER A, REED, S.B. 

 1,500 Colored Illustrations of Birds, Eggs, Nests, etc. 700 

 Birds in Natural Colors. Egg of each Bird in Natural Size. 

 472 Pages, size 7 by 10; fine paper; heavy binding. 



D TREES, SHRUBS, VINES 



AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



By Kirkegaard. formerly director Royal Botanical Gardens, 

 Copenhagen, Denmark. Its 410 pages are brimful of valuable 

 data. Has sixty beautiful full page sepia photographs; chapters 

 on pruning, insect pests, etc., also an exhaustive planting list. 



THE TREE GUIDE 



By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS 

 265 Pages, Over 250 lUustrations 



A compact pocket manual of trees to aid the student and the 

 beginner to distinguish and identify the trees and to tell why they 

 are recognized. Every lover of trees should have this book. 



n Trees Every Child Should Know 



By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS 

 263 Pages, 47 Full Page Illustrations. 



All parents wish their children to know about' trees, their uses 

 and how to identify them. This book will be found interesting 

 and helpful not only to the child but to the adult. 



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