500 United States. 



prepared four under the aegis of the American 

 Forestry Association. 



In 1886, the Pennsylvania Forestry Association 

 began the publication of a bi-monthly journal, Forest 

 Leaves, which has persisted to this day. In 1895, 

 Dr. John Gifford launched another bi-monthly, the 

 New Jersey Forester, soon to change its name to The 

 Forester, and under that name, three years later, 

 taken over by the American Forestry Association, 

 continued as Forestry and Irrigation, changed to Con- 

 servation and now again changed to American Forestry. 

 Now, half a dozen or more similar publications eman- 

 ate from the various State Associations. In this 

 connection there should not be forgotten the journal, 

 Garden and Forest, edited by Professor C. S. Sargent, 

 which for ten years, from 1888 to 1897, did much to 

 enlighten the public on forestry matters. 



Some provision for technical education was made 

 long before opportunity for its application had arisen, 

 and, indeed, before any professional foresters were in 

 existence to do the teaching. The new doctrine at- 

 tracted the attention of educational institutions, and 

 the desire to assist in the popular movement led to 

 the introduction of the subject, at least by name, into 

 their curricula; the professor of botany or of horti- 

 culture, adding "forestry" to his title, and explaining 

 in a few lectures the objects, and, as far as he knew 

 them, the methods of forestry; or, at least some lec- 

 tures on dendrology and forest geography were intro- 

 duced in the botanical courses. By 1897, twenty 

 institutions land grant colleges had in this way in- 

 troduced the subject. 



