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AMERICAN FORESTRY I 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



I October 1917 Vol. 23 



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CONTENTS 



No. 286 



Forest Regiment Fund 581 



Gourds Natural and Trained 582 



An illustration. 



Wood on the Wing By Bristow Adams 583 



With eight illustrations. 



Flying Wedge of Bankers and Farmers An Address by 



Charles Lathrop Pack. 



590 



First Apple Tree of the Northwest By H. E. Zimmerman.. 591 

 With one illustration. 



The Friar, His Dog and the Iron Cross By Alice Spencer. . 592 

 With three illustrations. 



Some Achievements in Food By Norman C. McLoud 593 



With ten illustrations. 



The Lure of the Beaver By D. Lange. 

 With sixteen illustrations. 



600 



Marsh Land and Other Aquatic Plants By R. W. Shufeldt 611 



With fourteen illustrations. 



Selecting Nut Trees for Planting By C. A. Reed. 

 With eight illustrations. 



619 



624 



The Totem Tree By H. E. Zimmerman 



With one illustration. 

 The Thrushes By A. A. Allen 625 



With eight illustrations. 

 Editorial 629 



How We Stand for Efficient State Forestry. 

 Building an Atmosphere of Stability into the Home By 



Rawson W. Haddon 



With three illustrations. 



630 



Book Reviews 632 



Canadian Department By EUwood Wilson 633 



Current Literature 633 



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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. 1 



Kiitered an second-cla.s.s mall matter December 24, 1909 at the Post-offlce at Washington, under the Act of March 3, 1879 M 



Copyright, 1917, by the American Forestry Association ^ 



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