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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



have already come in, and those interested should write 

 at once. The American Academy of Arborists. at its last 

 meeting in Newark, expressed its interest in the exhibit, 

 and many of its members have already started to work 

 on it. 



AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARRORISTS MEET 



The first annual convention of the American Academy 

 of Arborists was held on January 28th, at the City Hall 

 in Newark, N. J. It was a successful meeting, attended 

 by most of the representative arborists of the country. 

 The discussions of the members proved beyond doubt 

 that the work of the trained and experienced arborists 

 is a highlv professional work, and that the Academy is 

 determined to place the profession on the highest possible 

 basis. 



The city of Newark had much to show in arboricultural 

 work, and the ]\Iayor, the Shade Tree Commissioners, 

 and the Board of Tree Commissioners showed what New- 

 ark could do as a host. Those who gave special lectures 

 were Messrs. Carl Bannwart, Secretary of the Newark 

 Shade Tree Commission, on "The Ministry of Trees :" 

 Hermann \\'. Merkel, Chief Forester, New York Zoo- 

 logical Park, on "The Tree Fakir ;" J. J. Levison, of the 

 Brooklyn Park Department, on "Arboriculture as a Pro- 

 fession," and R. Brooke Maxwell, City Forester of Bal- 

 timore, Maryland, on "Fungus Problems of Interest to 

 Arborists." The old officers were re-elected, with Her- 

 mann \V. ^lerkel. Zoological Park, New York City, as 

 President, and J. L. Levison, Brooklyn Park Department, 

 as Secretarv. The Academy had to refuse membership 

 to quite a number of candidates, but elected the follow- 

 ing eight Fellows and one honorary member : 



George FI. Hollister, Assistant Superintendent of 

 Parks. Park Department, Hartford, Conn. ; Dr. George 

 Stone, Amherst University, Amherst, Mass. ; Ernest F. 

 Braunton, City Forester, Los Angeles, Cal. ; William 

 J. Coleman, Forester, Shade Tree Commission, Newark, 

 N. J. ; Albert R. Robson, Forester, Bronx Parkway Com- 

 mission, Pennsylvania Avenue, Chestwood, N. Y. ; Allan 

 Oakley Smith, City Forester, 70 Valentine Street, IMt. 

 Vernon, N. Y. ; John A. Anderson, Forester and Secre- 

 tary, Shade Tree Commission, Montclair. N. J. : Harry 

 J. Mueller, City Forester, Harrisburg, Pa. Honorary' 

 member, Carl Bannwart, Secretary, Shade Tree Com- 

 mission, Newark, N. J. 



"americ.-xx forestrv" the official organ- 



The American Academy of Arborists, at its recent 

 meeting in Newark, N. J., chose American Forestry as 

 its official medium for expressing its sentiments and 

 experiences in behalf of arboriculture. There is no doubt 

 but that what the American Academy of Arborists, col- 

 lectively or individually, will say, will be worth saying, 

 and with absolute confidence in the professional standing 

 of its members, American Forestry feels highly hon- 

 ored and pleased to open its pages in cooperation for the 

 uplift of professional arboriculture. 



ADVICE FOR FEBRUARY 



1. Remo\e and burn all hopelessly infested trees. 



2. Clean up the heavy brush in the woodlands and 

 burn while the snow is on the ground. 



3. Thoroughly dig out all decayed wounds and cover 

 the surface with coal tar. 



4. Collect and burn the egg masses of the white marked 

 Tussock moth and destroy eggs and cocoons of other 

 insect pests. 



,5. Prune fruit trees, removing all dead wood and head- 

 ing in the tops, so as to form low heads. 



(5. Sprav fruit trees for sucking insects and canker. 

 Determine beforehand what you are spraying for and 

 then use chemicals and methods in accordance with the 

 particular ])est vou are spraying for. Choose a fine, mild 

 day for this work. 



7. Inspect all pear trees for fire blight anil cut out and 

 lar all cankers from main 1)ranches and trunk. 



8. Cut out black knot from plum and cherry trees. 



9. Prune and tie tip grape vines. 



10. Cover with coal tar all old wounds and scars on 

 trees. 



QUESTIONS AND ANS\VERS 



O. What can be done to protect the hickory trees now 

 dying in great numbers in the vicinity of Baltimore? I 

 have several around my house and two died last summer. 

 Is it true that their death is due to a small insect which 

 invades the bark and girdles the tree? J. H., Baltimore, 

 Maryland. 



A. It is true that death of large numbers of hickory 

 ti-ees in this vicinity is due to a small beetle which invades 

 the inner bark and girdles the tree. The remedy con- 

 sists in locating the infested wood and removing and 

 burning it before May, the time the mature beetles 

 emerge. On page 797 of the July issue of American 

 Forestrv \ou will find an article describing this insect 

 and how to eradicate it. 



O. Am sending specimen dead cuttings of mountain 

 ash and would appreciate your advice and information. 

 The tree is about six to eight inches in diameter, 2-5 feet 

 tall, has not borne any fruit last season and very little 

 the year before. The bark shows discolorations and both 

 large and small branches are dying oflf. Could the 

 trouble have originated because a few scars had not been 

 painted over where a few branches were removed .■" Is 

 mountain ash a very hardy tree in this latitude? O. A. K., 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



A. From the specimens submitted it looks as if the 

 roimd-headed apple borer or scime other borer has at- 

 tacked the tree. Please look for borers. I doubt whether 

 the scars had anything to do with the trouble. The 

 mountain ash is not a very hardy tree in the east, is often 

 attacked by borers and scale insects and when it once 

 starts going backward it is very difficult to save it. 



