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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 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



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June 1917 Vol. 23 



CONTENTS 



No. 282 



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A Forestry Regiment in Action 325 



With one illustration. 



Sawmill Units for England's Need 327 



War, Forests and Lumber 328 



Santa Cruz Natural Bridge An illustration 330 



Lignum Vitae in Curacao By Miles Haman 331 



With two illustrations. 

 War-Time Uses of the Woodlot By Austin F. Hawes 332 



With three illustrations. 

 Enlisting Soldiers of the Soil 334 



With nine illustrations. 

 Flowers That Bloom in June By R. W. Shufeldt 340 



With six illustrations. 

 Forest Flowers By Bessie L. Putnam 343 



With seven illustrations. 

 "Witch's Broom" on Japanese Cherries By C. W. H. Douglass 346 



With three illustrations. 



Foresters in War Work 348 



The Florida Magnolia Tree By Jennie Lynne Kyle 349 



With three illustrations. 

 The Knot Over Washington's Tomb By Gayne T. K. Norton . 351 



With one illustration. 

 Some Historically Interesting Trees 352 



With two illustrations. 

 Russia's Lumber Industry 353 



Wisconsin's Forest Playgrounds 353 



Redwood Trees Four illustrations 354 



"Private Property No Camping" By Smith Riley 358 



With six illustrations. 



Cactus Lakes By Frank Coyne 361 



With three illustrations. 



Pine Blister in Michigan 362 



School Forests Established 362 



New York State College of Forestry Building 363 



With one illustration. 



Forestry for Boys and Girls The Trees and War By Bristow 



Adams 364 



Altoona's Watershed Forested 366 



With one illustration. 



Hawaii's Effective Laws 366 



Editorial 367 



The Food Garden as a Character Builder. 



Procrastination in Indiana. 



The Need of Smith-Lever Extension Work in Forestry. 



A Great Forward Step by Minnesota. 



A Backward Step in Vermont. 



Stock Losses Affect Food Supply. 



Book Reviews 374 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 377 



Current Literature 378 



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I SPECIAL OFFER TO MEMBERS ONLY | 



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

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