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a personal investigation of the forests 

 throughout Czechoslovakia and studied for- 

 estry conditions in Poland, Russia, Austria 

 and Hungary. Mr. Brown is one of the 

 directors of the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. 



PLANT TREES FOR BIRDS. 



"Among the many considerations that en- 

 ter into the planting of trees, shrubs and 

 vines about the home, is the idea of grow- 

 ing plants that will attract birds", says 

 Professor Alan F. Arnold of the New 

 York State College of Forestry. "There 

 is a possibility of some species of native 

 birds disappearing altogether, through lack 

 of plants for food and shelter. The list 

 of trees, shrubs and vines attractive to 

 birds includes a great many of our most 

 ornamental plants. There is no more valu- 

 able evergreen tree for ornamental pur- 

 poses, than the native Red Cedar; it also 

 provides the best shelter and nesting sites 

 for birds, while they find food in the ber- 

 ries and insects commonly found on the 

 tree. The native Flowering Dogwood and 

 the Chinese Flowering Crabapple (Pyrus 

 fulcherrima) are two of the most beauti- 

 ful flowering trees and particularly in favor 

 with birds. The Gray-stemmed Dogwood, 

 Monow's Honeysuckle, American Elder anc' 

 Sheep Berry are most serviceable from 

 both the bird and ornamental viewpoint. 

 The Virginia Creeper, probably the most 

 popular vine, furnishes nesting sites as 

 well as bird food ; it is recommended to 

 draw the attention of the birds away from 

 grapes, apples and peaches." 



M. B. PRATT HONORED 



California's progress along the lines of 

 conservation and the laws enacted by the 

 last session of the Legislature for the pro- 

 motion of forestry within the State has 

 received a distinct recognition by the elec- 

 tion of Deputy State Forester M. B. Pratt 

 as Vice President of the Association of 

 State Foresters of the United States at 

 its annual meeting recently held at Albany, 

 New York. 



State Forester Bazley of Massachusetts 

 was elected President and Chapin Jones, 

 State Forester of Virginia, was elected 

 Secretary-Treasurer of the Association. 



Mr. Pratt graduated from the Yale For- 

 estry School in 1906 and has been actively 

 engaged in Forestry since that date, most 

 of his work having been done in California. 

 He was Deputy Supervisor of the Tahoe 

 National Forest for a considerable period 

 and from there went to the University of 

 I California, where he was Professor of 

 I'orestry until his appointment as Deputy 

 ^tate Forester on February i, 1918. 



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