AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The JVLagazine of the American Forestry Association 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 

 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



S. T. Dana 



Frederick S. Underbill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



October 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 274 



The Bald Cypress — Cover Picture. 



The Bald Cypress — Identifieation and Characteristics — By 



Samuel B. Detwiler 577 



With six illitstrations. 

 Commercial Uses of Cypress 581 



With eleven illustrations. 

 Boy Scouts in City Park Work— By H. H. Tryon 585 



With one illustration. 

 Crater Lake National Park— By Mark Daniels 586 



With eight illustrations. 

 Fighting A Forest Fire — By James Brown . 59,S 



With one illustration. 

 War Consuming Britain's Forests 5Q4 



With ei,t;ht illustrations. 

 Deserts Due to Deforestation — By Moyc Wicks 598 



With nine illustrations. 

 The Bird Department— By A. A. Allen 607 



Federal Protection of Birds. 

 The Crows and Jays. 



With seven illustrations. 

 The White-Throated Sparrow— By Paulina Brandreth, Poem, , 611 



An Appalachian Purchase 611 



orestry for Boys and Girls — By Bristow Adams 612 



Is Jack Frost the Real Artist? 



War-Time Uses of Forest Products — By A. W. Schorger 614 



Under Fire in War Zone Forests — Lieutenant H. K. Robinson . 616 

 How to Measure Height of Trees 618 



With line illustration. 

 Western Public Lands and National Forests — By H.H. Chapman. 619 

 Ornamental and Shade Trees — By J. J. Levison 622 



'i'iie Tree Census. 



North Carolina's Forest Fires 625 



New Ways of Making Paper 625 



Wood Preserving Department — By E. A. Sterling 626 



Editorial 627 



Canadian Forest Protection. 

 The White Pine Blister Rust. 

 The Farm Woodlot. 



Book Reviews 629 



Canadian Department — By Ellwood Wilson 629 



Current Literature 630 



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n THE TREE GUIDE 



265 pages, 250 illustrations 

 A pocket manual of tree* to aid the student and the beginner to 

 distin^ish and identify trees. Invaluable in readily acquiring a 

 knowledge of trees. 



D 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, 

 wishing to know birds and their habits. 



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230 pages, 400 colored illustrations 



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

 this book will be found of very great assistance. 



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