AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Magazine of the American Forestry 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 



April. 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 268 



The White or Paper Birch — Cover Picture — Photograph by 

 V. M. Akers. 



The Birches — Identification and Characteristics — By S. B. 



Detwik-r 195 



With four ilhistrations. 



The Products and Uses of Birch 198 



With seven illustrations. 



The Grand Canyon of the Colorado— By Mark Daniels 202 



With ten illustrations. 



A Tree Within a Tree 208 



With one illustration. 



The Bird Department — Planting to Attract Birds — By A. A. 

 Allen, Ph.D 209 



With five illustrations. 

 Wooden Pipe a Century in the Ground 213 



With one illustration. 

 The Man Who Loved the Birds— By S. B. Detwiler 214 



With five illustrations. 

 Railroad Saves Maple Trees 217 



With one illustration. 

 Children's Department — Fairies of the Woods — By Bristow 

 Adams 218 



With one drawing. 



Protection of Beaver in Wisconsin — By F. B. Moody 220 



Witli si-x illustrations. 



The 1915 Forest Fire Season— Allen S. Peck 225 



With four illustrations. 



Ornamental and Shade Trees^ — Damage by Spurs — J. J. Levison 228 



With four illustrations. 



First Fire Protective Organization — By W. R. Fisher 234 



With three photographs. 



The Forest Pleaders— Poem for Arbor Day— By E. T, Allen. . 235 



Electric Power Development in the United States — Review by 



H. H. Chapman 236 



Wood Preserving Department — E. A. Sterling 238 



Uses of Lumber— By Warren B. Bullock 239 



Brother Jonathan — Poem by Charles Alexander Richmond, re- 

 printed from Ttie Outlook 240 



Correspondence Course in Forestry 241 



Editorial: 



Agricultural Committee's Surprising Action 242 



Waterpower Legislation 242 



Canadian Department— By Elwood Wilson 244 



Current Literature 246 



<_;iif,<:k off hook kksired. 



n 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. 



n TREES, SHRUBS, VINES 



AM> IIKKBACEOUS PEKENMALS 



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. 



D THE TREE GUIDE 



By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS 

 265 Pof^cs, Over 250 Illustrations 



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

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



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



□ 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. 



BOOKS FREE TO MEMBERS 



To any member of the American Forestry Association securing ONE 

 NEW SUBSCRIBING MEMBER any one of the books to the left will be 

 sent free of charge. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. Subscription price, three dollars per year; single 



copies, twenty-five cents 



Entered as second-class mail matter December 24. 1909, at the Post-office at Washington, under the Act of March 3. 1879 



