CONTENTS 



rage 



Announcement i 



The Situation 3 



By B. E. Fernow. 

 Continuous Forest Production of Privately Owned Timberlands as a Solu- 

 tion of the Economic Difficulties of the Lumber Industry 15 



By B. P. Kirkland. 

 What of the Future of the Eastern Forests of the United States? 65 



By S. B. Elliott. 



Forest Terminology. (Report of Committee) 68 



The Correlation of American Forest Research 165 



By E. H. Clapp. 

 The Role of the Microscope in the Identification and Classification of the 



"Timbers of Commerce" 176 



By I. W. Bailey. 

 A Practical Method of Preventing the Damping-ofif of Coniferous Seedlings. 192 



By C. A. Scott. 

 Mannan Content of the Gymnosperms I97 



By A. W. Schorger. 

 Forest BioloR v 203 



By P. S. Lovejoy. 

 Basic Problems in Forest Pathology 215 



By E. P. Meinecke. 

 Some Problems in Li?ht as a Factor of Forest Growth 225 



By R. Zon. 

 The Role of Light in Natural and Artificial Reforestation 233 



By C. G. Bates. 

 How Lumbermen in F'ollowing Their Own Interests Have Served the Public 271 



By A. Gary. 

 Laisse:: Fairc vs. Foresight in Forest Management 290 



By B. P. Kirkland. 

 Comments on Kirkland's Criticism 307 



By A. Gary. 

 Timber Estimating in the Southern Appalachians 310 



By R. C. Hall. 

 Some Problems in Appalachian Timber Appraisal 322 



By W. W. Ashe. 

 Logarithmic Cross-section Paper in Forest Mensuration 335 



By D. Bruce. 

 Ecology and Silviculture in the Southern Appalachians : Old Cuttings as a 



Guide to Future Practice 343 



By E. H. Frothingham. 



Comments on Terminology 350 



The Present Conditions in the Lumber Industry 387 



By W. Compton. 

 Forest Tree Planting Camps 394 



By J. S. Illick. 

 The Biology of Lodgepole Pine as Revealed bv the Behavior of Its Seed. . . 410 



By C. G. Bates. 

 The Pack Rat as an Enemy of Natural Reproduction on the Angeles 



National Forest 417 



By E. N. Munns. 

 A Forest Policy for California 424 



By D. T. Mason. 



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