I AMERICAN FORESTRY | 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



S. T. Dana 



Frederick S. Underhill 



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January 1917 Vol. 23 



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CONTENTS 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



No. 277 I 



The Willows By Samuel B. Detwiler 3 



With twelve illustrations. 



War Styles in Matches 10 



With two illustrations. 



Porcupine Quills Needed 10 



Scenic Marvels of Sevier Forest 11 



With five illustrations. 



Red Spiders Infest Trees By Eugene W. Mendenhall 14 



A Large Sassafras Tree By Bertha M. Tomlinson 14 



With one illustration. 



Bringing Back the Game By A. A. Allen 15 



With eleven illustrations. 



20 



Famous Latimer Elm Destroyed 



With one illustration. 



The American Milkweeds By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 21 



With seven illustrations. 



Famous Moro Rock By Mark Daniels 29 



With one illustration. 



30 



French Forest Destruction By Urbain Gohier 



With two illustrations. 



Forestry for Boys and Girls By Bristow Adams. 

 The Trees in Winter. 



32 



The Fundamentals of a Good Hedge By J. J. Levison 34 



With six illustrations. 



The Fight Against the Pine Blister Disease 38 



Water-power on National Forests 42 



With two illustrations. 



Saving a Famous Tree 43 



With one illustration. 



A Forest Fire Fork 43 



With one illustration. 



The Pedigree of a Splendid Tree 44 



With one illustration. 



The 640-Acre Stock-Raising Homestead Law 45 



International Forestry Conference and Annual Meeting of 



the Association 46 



Editorial 47 



The Peril of Combinations. 

 National Parks vs. National Forests. 



Forestry in Vermont By Roderic M. Olzendam 49 



How Our Members Like the Magazine 51 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 53 



Current Literature 54 



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