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THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



I August 1917 Vol. 23 



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CONTENTS 



No. 284 I 



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Foresters to the Front By Bristow Adams 453 



With thirteen illustrations. 



The Monarch Pine Poem by Leon T. Chamberlain. 

 Drawing by Agnes Scott. 



458 



Recreation in the Federal Forest Reserves By Ida 



Agnes Baker . 459 



With six illustrations. 



Scrappin' Fire on th' Cherokee Poem by H. L. Johnson 464 



The New Freedom of Food By Norman C. McLoud.. 465 

 With eleven illustrations. 



The Largest Sassafras Tree on Record 473 



With one illustration. 



Mount Gould, Glacier National Park An Illustration.. 473 



Wild Flowers That Boys and Girls Should Know By 



R. Vy. Shufeldt 474 



With twenty illustrations. 



Has the Black Forest Gone? By John B. Woods 481 



With six illustrations. 



Making Friends With the Birds By A. A. Allen 484 



With twelve illustrations. 



A Tree of Lost Identity By John Footc, M.D 



With two illustrations. 



A Duel to the Death 



With one illustration. 



Chasms of Erosion and Forest Defense By Charles A. 



White 



With three illustrations. 



Forestry for Boys and Girls Wood for Fuel By Bris- 

 tow Adams 



National Forest Receipts Increase 



Reflection Lake, Rainier National Park An Illustration 



The Valiant Hunters of the Moth Egg Cocoons 



With one illustration. 



Insuring Standing Forests. 

 Editorial 



Hawaiian Forests. 



The New Standard of Public Service. 



Our National Meat Supply Threatened. 



Book Reviews 



Canadian Department By F.llwood Wilson 



Current Literature 



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SPECIAL OFFER TO MEMBERS ONLY 



One of the following described books will be presented free of charge to any member of the 

 American Forestry Association who secures ONE NEW subscribing member: 



No. 1 Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs, 465 pages, 275 illustrations of trees, leaves, 

 blossoms, fruits, seeds, area of growth, etc. 



No. 2 Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music, 262 pages, 38 colored and 15 other full- 

 page illustrations. 



No. 3 Field Book of American Wild Flowers, 587 pages, 24 colored plates and 215 full-page 

 illustrations. 



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AMERICAN FORESTRY is published monthly by the American Forestry Association. 



Subscription price without membership, three dollars per year; single copies, twenty-five cents. 



Entered an second-class mall matter December 24, 19( at the Post-office nt Washington, under the Act of March 3. 1879 



Copyright. 117, hy the American Forestry Association 



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