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THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION | 



WASHINGTON, D. C. | 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor | 



PU BLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY $4.00 A YEAR 1 



DECEMBER, 1921 CONTENTS "^ol- 27, No. 336 |. 



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WHAT OUR CHRISTMAS TREES ARE By J. S. Illick 739 



\\'ith nineteen illustrations. 



THE CUTTING OF CHRISTMAS TREES By Alfred Gaskill 748 



AN AGE-OLD CUSTOM 748 



With one illustration. 



THE CHRISTMAS TREE Poem by Alexander Blair Tliaw 749 



TREE STORIES FOR CHILDREN THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE By Mary Isabel Curtis 750 



ENGLAND'S NEW FOREST POLICY By Arthur Newton Pack 751 



\Mth nine illustrations. 

 TREE PLANTING OPENS ARMISTICE WEEK 755 



With two illustrations. 



EDITORIAL 757 



THE LURE OF THE BLACK HILLS Poem by Earl Emmons 758 



THE PENN STATE DEMONSTRATION FOREST By J. A. Ferguson 760 



BERRY-BEARING PLANTS By F. L. Mulford 761 



With thirteen illustrations. 

 LABELING THE CAPITAL'S TREES 768 



With two illustrations. 

 SOME WOOD BORING INSECTS By Fred J. Seaver 769 



With si.x illustrations. 

 THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW ENGLAND By Allen H. Bent 773 



Willi four illustrations. 



CARDINAL'S CANE FROM FAMOUS TREE 776 



OUR GANNETS SEA-FOWL OF UNUSUAL INTEREST By R. W. Shufeldt 777 



With seven illustrations. 

 STATE FORESTERS STUDY BLISTER RUST DAMAGE 782 



With one illustration. 

 HONOR ROLL MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA 783 



With one illustration. 



THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY IN A FOREST PROGRAM By J. W. Toumey 784 



A PICTURE "PAINTED" WITH WOOD By Harris Samonisky 785 



With one illustration. 

 A TYPICAL STAND OF WHITE PINE IN NEW ENGLAND 787 



With one illustration. 



FORESTRY EDITORIAL DIGEST 788 



REORGANIZATION OF COLORADO STATE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 790 



VAST AREA OF IDLE TIMBERLAND 792 



FOREST PROTECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA 793 



MORE FOREST EXPERIMENT STATIONS 796 



MAKING EVERGREEN TRANSPLANTING PRACTICAL 799 



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Copyright, 1921, by The American Forestry Association. 



