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. Underhill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



September 1916. \ 



OL. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 273 



Shortleaf Yellow Pine — Cover Picture. 



Shortleaf Pine — Identification and Characteristics — By Samuel 



B. Detwiler 513 



With six illustrations. 



Commercial Uses of Shortleaf Pine 517 



With si.x illustrations. 



Canada's Deadly Forest Fires— By Robson Black 521 



With five illustrations. 

 The Cause of the Fire — and Future Prevention — By Clyde 



Leavitt 524 



With three illustrations. 



Mount Rainier National Park — By Mark Daniels 529 



With nine illustrations. 



Memorial Tablet for George W. Vanderbilt 536 



The Bird Department— By A. A. Allen 537 



Autumn Birds and Their Message. 

 The Larks. 

 With eight illustrations. 



The Appalachian Forest Purchases — By John W. Weeks 542 



With one photograph. 



Ornamental and Shade Trees — By J. J. Levison 543 



Selecting Trees for Planting. 

 With four illustrations. 



Vermont Forestry Meeting 546 



Conservation of Our Forests — By Theodore N. Vail 547 



With one |ihotogr;iph. 



White Pine Blister Rust Quarantine 549 



Address by President Pack at Asheville 550 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — By Bristow Adams 552 



Tlie Wooden HorsL — But What Wood ? 



How to Tell the Age of Trees 554 



With one illustration. 



Appalachian Forest Reserve — Committee's Report 555 



Standing Timber Insurance — By W. R. Brown 556 



The Lumber Export Market 559 



White Pine Conditions 560 



Wood Preserving Department — By E. A. Sterling 561 



Editorial 562 



President Wilson Speaks Plainly. 



Commercial Grazing Versus Wild Life in National Parks. 



The Oregon Forest Fire Association 563 



Canadian Department 564 



Current Literature 564 



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



