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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



Mat 1917 Vol. 23 



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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 

 S. T. Dana 

 Frederick S. Underhill 



CONTENTS 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



No. 281 1 



War, Lumber and Ships 261 



A Million and More Food Gardens 263 



With eight illustrations. 



Foresters for National Defense 268 



The Fruit Trees of Picardy Poem by Alice Gertrude Field. . . . 269 



Timber Cruising in the Pacific Northwest By Herman H. 

 Chapman 270 



With six illustrations. 

 The Vireos By A. A. Allen, Ph.D 272 



With seven illustrations. 

 A Forest Ranger Course for the Southern Appalachians 275 



With one illustration. 

 The Oahu Rain Forest By Vaughan MacCaughey 276 



With five illustrations. 

 Cascade Pass, Washington An Illustration 279 



The Sugar Pine Identification, Characteristics and Commercial 



Uses By Samuel B. Detwiler 280 



With eight illustrations. 



Daisies, Corn Cockle, Bugloss, and Other Summer Flowers 



By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 285 



With seven illustrations. 



The Forestry Guy Poem by Arthur Chapman 



289 



Forestry for Boys and Girls Some Forest History By Bristow 

 Adams 290 



Community Spirit Saved the Trees By Gayne T. K. Norton. . 292 

 With one illustration. 



An Epoch-Making Conference By Herman H. Chapman 293 



South American Forest Resources 295 



With six illustrations. 

 Harmonizing Lumbering and Esthetics By C. M. Granger . . . 299 

 With four illustrations. 



Pine Blister Disease Quarantines 302 



Editorial 304 



Cut-over Lands a National Problem. 



Shall the National Forests be Made Self-Supporting? 



A Victory for Efficiency and Economy. 



A Group of Low-Cost Country Houses By Rawson Woodman 

 Haddon 307 



With four illustrations. 



Canadian Department 314 



Book Reviews 315 



Current Literature 316 



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J SPECIAL OFFER TO MEMBERS ONLY I 



One of the following described books will be presented free of charge to any member of the 

 American Forestry Association who secures ONE NEW subscribing member : 



No. 1 Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs, 465 pages, 275 illustrations of trees, leaves, 

 blossoms, fruits, seeds, area of growth, etc. 



No. 2 Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music, 262 pages, 38 colored and 15 other full-page 

 illustrations. 



No. 3 Field Book of American Wild Flowers, 587 pages, 24 colored plates and 215 full-page 

 illustrations. 



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AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 



Subscription price without membership, three dollars per year; single copies, twenty-five cents. 



Entered as second-class mail matter December 24, 1909, at the Post-office at Washington, under the Act of March 3, 1879 

 Copyright, 1917, by the American Forestry Association 



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