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I AMERICAN FORESTRY |" 



I THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION | 



I WASHINGTON, D. C. | 



I PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor | 



I PUBLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY $4.00 A YEAR 



I NOVEMBER, 1921 CONTENTS Vol. 27, No. 335 |. 



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FOREST FIRE Poem by E. Lionel Finch 674 



FOREST FIRES A NATIONAL PROBLEM By Wallace Hutchinson 675 



With thirteen illustrations. 



O MAN ! Poem by Don C. Seitz ... 683 



DR. SARGENT'S CONTRIBUTION TO FORESTRY IN AMERICA By Henry S. Graves 684 



With one illustration. 



WHAT IS FORESTRY ALL ABOUT? By the Observant Stenographer 688 



HEDGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY By Lewis Edwin Theiss 689 



With seven illustrations. 

 AMERICAN FORESTRY GUIDES DEPARTMENT By Solan L. Parkes. 694 



With one illustration. 



EDITORIAL 696 



THE AMERICAN WALNUTS By Joseph S. Illick 699 



With fourteen illustrations. 



TREE STORIES FOR CHILDREN APOLLO'S LAUREL By Mary Isabel Curtis 705 



THE GLACIER HIGHWAY IN ALASKA By John D. Guthrie 706 



With six illustrations. 



A FOREST FIRE ESSAY By Howard R. Flint 708 



MAHOGANY By John J. Birch 710 



THE FLOWER OF INDIAN SUMMER By Bessie L. Putnam 711 



A NEW HOUSE Poem by Sophie Tunnell 711 



THE HALL OF FAME FOR TREES 1 712 



With nine illustrations. 

 WOODLAND FLOWERS OF THE PRAIRIE REGION By Arthur E. Eldridge 714 



With five illustrations. 



MY FRIENDS, THE TREES Poem by Julian M. Drachman 716 



NATURE STUDY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS By R. W. Shufeldt 717 



With thirteen illustrations. 

 OAK AND ELM FORM REMARKABLE TWIN TREE By Robert H. Moulton 724 



With one illustration. 

 CHARLOTTE PLANTS MEMORIAL PARK FOR VETERANS 725 



With two illustrations. 



THE SUCCESSFUL WOODLOT 726 



BOOK REVIEWS 730 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT By Ellwood Wilson 732 



GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION BUSY 734 



SYRACUSE WELCOMES NELSON BROWN 734 



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 Entered mi ucond-clait mail matter December 24, 1909, at the Poitoffice at Baltimore, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at 

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 Copyright, 1921, by The American Forestry Association. 



