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to make their breeding on a large scale a success. The 

 captive birds become exceedingly tame, so much so in 

 fact as to make them a nuisance when they are given 

 any liberty. 



The work of saving the heath hen has so far been 

 giving complete protection to the survivors on Martha's 

 Vineyard, awaiting a natural increase. This would 

 doubtless be successful were it not for the fires that 



occasionally sweep over its breeding grounds greatly 

 decimating its ranks. The few recent experiments of 

 raising them in captivity have thus far been unsuccessful. 

 The prairie chicken and the sage grouse that are so 

 rapidly disappearing should also be experimented with 

 before too late. It would be a disgrace to let any one 

 of these splendid birds follow the fate of the passenger 

 pigeon. 



LIEUT. DOUGLASS WOUNDED 



JUST as this magazine goes to press, word has been 

 received that Lieut. C. W. H. Douglass, formerly 

 Associate Editor of American Forestry, of Syracuse, a 

 graduate of the New York State College of Forestry, 



LIEUT. C. W. H. DOUGLASS 



Attached to the British Expeditionary Forces, Lieut. Douglass, formerly 

 Associate Editor of American Forestry, went over the German lines on 

 June 11th, since which time no word has been had of him. 



went over the German lines on June nth, since which 

 time nothing has been heard of him. 



Lieut. Douglass, who gallantly enlisted in the Aviation 

 Section for flying work in the earliest period of the war, 

 went through his training in this country, finishing in 



England. He was connected with the Royal Flying 

 Corps and assigned to active service with the British 

 Expeditionary Forces. His many friends will feel pride 

 in reading the following letter sent to Lieut. Douglass' 

 father by the Major under whose command he served, 

 under date of June 13: 



"I have absolutely no news to give you of your brave 

 son, who was missing on the eleventh of this month. He 

 went out on low patrol in the afternoon and was not seen 

 after crossing the lines. So we may have great hope 

 that, though a prisoner, he is safe. I sincerely hope 

 this will prove the case, as he was the stoutest-hearted, 

 keenest pilot I have ever been privileged to command, 

 and I had recommended him for promotion on joining 

 his own American unit. Please accept my very sincere 

 sympathy and 1 hope you may soon receive good news 

 of him." 



Lieut. Douglass was Associate Editor of this maga- 

 zine when he enlisted for service, and the American 

 Forestry Association has instituted a close inquiry 

 through the Paris office of the Red Cross, through 

 which it is hoped to receive encouraging information 

 with regard to his present whereabouts and his well being. 



Later: Advices just received from the War Department 

 state that Lieut. Douglass was "severely wounded in 

 action June 11th." This is good news for though it indi- 

 cates that he was badly wounded it is evident that Lieut. 

 Douglass is not missing and that he is not a German 

 prisoner, but is safe within our own lines. Editor. 



AMERICAN TREES FOR JAPAN 



'"PHE United States Department of Agriculture has 

 presented to the city of Tokio ten young Kalmia 

 Lati folia trees, native to North America. Dr. Walter T. 

 Swingle, of the Department, was sent with the trees. 

 Eight of them have been planted in Hibiya park, Tokio, 

 and the others in the horticultural nursery at Shibuya. 

 The tree is an evergreen, attaining a height of five feet, 

 and belongs to the azalea family, although differing 

 from the common plant of that name. It bears very 

 beautiful pink flowers, and takes its name from a Swed- 

 ish botanist, Peter Kalm, who discovered it during 

 travels in North America in 1750. 



