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AMERICAN FORESTRY | 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



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December 1918 



Vol. 24, No. 300 



ON THE SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST 



A beautiful water fall, with a drop of three 

 hundred and fifty feet 



Entered as second-class matter December 24, 1909, at the 

 Postoffice at Washington, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 

 Copyright, 1918, by the American Forestry Association. Accep- 

 tance tor mailing at special rate of postage provided for in 

 Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



CONTENTS 



To Our Members, Greeting! 706 



The Reforestation of France Announcement to Our Members By 

 President Pack 708 



Effect of the War on Forests of France By Col. Henry S. Graves. . . 709 

 With ten illustrations. 



North Carolina Women Urge Protection of Birds and Roadside 

 Trees 718 



Bayberrie Candle Lore Verses by Catherine Cornish 719 



Saving An Old Elm 720 



With two illustrations. 

 Tree Values By Albert F. W. Vick 722 



With four illustrations. 

 Roster of American Foresters in Military Service Announcement 



of Reprint 724 



How Forestry and Tree Culture Concern the Disabled Soldier By 

 W. M. Hussie 725 



With one illustration. 



The Forests of France Rondeau by Henry L. Sweinhart 726 



The Christmas Roll Call of the Red Cross Join Now! 727 



With one illustration. 



Memorial Trees For Our Soldier Dead 728 



Trees Poem by Joyce Kilmer 728 



French Forests in the War 730 



The Uses of Wood Wooden Furniture and the Place it Fills By 

 Hu Maxwell 731 



With twenty-four illustrations. 

 Donations to the Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters in 



War Service 741 



Christmas Boxes for the Forest and Lumber Regiments 742 



With one illustration. 

 Christmas With the Birds By A. A. Allen 743 



With thirteen illustrations. 

 Supervisor McMillan Gives His Life for His Country 747 



With one photograph. 

 Pictures and Plants for Christmas, With An Elk Story By Maj. R. 

 W. Shufeldt 748 



With eight illustrations. 



EDITORIAL: 



America's Obligation to the Forests of France 754 



The Minnesota Holocaust 755 



Digest of Opinions on Forestry 756 



Book Reviews 758 



Burn Wood Save Coal 758 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 759 



With one illustration. 



Current Literature 761 



Chinese Prefer Wood for Construction 765 



