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 



July, 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 271 



White Pine Forest — Cover Picture. 



The White Pine — Identification and Characteristics — By 

 Samuel B. Detwiler 387 



With six illustrations. 

 Commercial Uses of White Pine 391 



Witli four illustrations. 

 Another Insect Enemy of the White Pine — By P. L. Buttrick. . 395 



With four illustrations. 

 Glacier National Park— By Mark Daniels 397 



With nine illustrations. 



The Bird Department — The Enemies of Birds — By A. A. Allen, 



Ph.D 405 



With six illustrations 



California Forest Fire Protection — By George H. Rhodes 409 



Pennsylvania Forestry Meeting 410 



The Columbia Highway in Oregon — By Henry L. Bowlby 411 



With ten illustrations. 



Tropical Forestry at Yale 416 



Forestry and the Public Health — By Henry Reed Hopkins, M.D. 417 

 With one photograph. 



Ornamental and Shade Trees — Municipal Planting of Shade 



Trees — By J. J. Levison 419 



With two illustrations. 



The G Trees of BUoxi 423 



With one illustration. 



The Saman or Rain Tree 424 



With one illustration. 

 A Chance to Help Birds, Trees and Parks 425 



Forestry for Boys and Girls — Forests and Fishing — By Bristow 

 Adams 426 



County, City, Town and School Forests— By J. W. Toumey. . . 428 



The Conservation Congress and National Forest Conservation — 



By Dr. H. S. Drinker 430 



The Lumber Supply of the World 432 



Wood Preserving Department — By E. A. Sterling 434 



Editorial — Louisiana Forestry and the Conservation Conunission 435 



Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson 436 



Book Reviews , . 437 



Current Literature 438 



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265 pages, 250 illustrations 



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n THE BIRD GUIDE 



415 colored illustrations 



This names, illustrates and describes all land birds east of the 

 Rockies, and is of the utmost assistance to anyone, adult or child, 

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2.tU pagen. 100 colored illustrations 



If you wish to know flowers and to acquire this knowledge readily, 

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