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I AMERICAN FORESTRY 



I THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



I WASHINGTON, D. C. 



I PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



m PUBLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY 4.00 A YEAR 



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I SEPTEMBER, 1921 CONTENTS Vol. 27, No. 333. 



HALL OF FAME FOR TREES "The Wesley Oak" Frontispiece 



THE PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE IN FORESTRY By Filibert Roth 547 



With three illustrations. 



THE PINES OF THE SOUTH By J. S. Illick 55j 



With sixteen illustrations. 



EDITORIAL : . . 560 



THE BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT By Will C. Barnes 563 



With seventeen illustrations. 



HOME BUILDING AND WOOD PRESERVATIVES By Arthur Newton Pack 575 



With nine illustrations. 



COMMON AMERICAN MUSHROOMS By Dr. R. W.Shufeldt .579 



With thirteen illustrations. 



FOREST GUIDE DEPARTMENT By Solan L. Parkes. 588 



PERENNIALS By F. L. Mulford 589 



With four illustrations. 



THE WORLD'S LARGEST FIG TREE 594 



With one illustration. 



CONSERVATION Poem by Leander Goetz 594 



GETTING EVIDENCE OF FORESTRY NEEDS 595 



FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION FOR THE SOUTH 598 



A CONCERT ON HARNEY PEAK 599 



With one illustration. 



RESOLUTIONS FOR SNELL BILL 600 



CARLESS TOURISTS START FIRES 600 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT By Ellwood Wilson 604 



BOOK REVIEWS 607 



KILN DRYING COURSES AT MADISON 608 



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Copyright, 1921, by The American Forestry Association. 



