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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



I December 1917 Vol. 23 



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No. 288 



Ye Hollye Greene Poem by Donald A. Eraser 



A Forester at the Fighting Front By P. L. Buttrick... 

 With twelve illustrations. 



How Warfare Taxes the Forests 



Foresters and Woodsmen in War Work _ 



With nine illustrations. 



Only A Volunteer Poem by a Member of the 20th Engi- 

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Climatic Records in the Trunks of Trees By A. E. Douglass 732 

 With three illustrations. 



A Problem of Erosion By R. S. Maddox_ 



With three illustrations. 



Free Trees for Pennsylvania 



Forestry Prize Award at Cornell. 



A Ballad of the Timber Cruiser Poem by Lew R. Sarett_ 



Landscaping and Forestry By Smith Riley 



With eight illustrations. 



A Wonderful Walnut Tree By V. W. Killick _ 



With one illustration. 



Dead Leaves Valuable 



Donations to the Lumber and Forest Regiments Relief Com- 

 mittee - 735 



The Woodpeckers By A. A. Allen.., 

 With eleven illustrations. 



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Wood to the Front as Wartime Fuel _ _. 



With one illustration. 



Black Locust Needed for Ships... 742 



Plants and Animals of the Atlantic and Gulf States Dr. 

 R. W. Shufeldt ._ 



With ten illustrations. 



Editorial 



Waste of Forage Through Lack of Grazing. 

 Wood Cutting to Overcome Coal Shortage. 



Using Wood in Fireplaces to Conserve Coal- 



Haddon _ 



-By Rawson W. 



With eight illustrations. 



American Foresters in Military Service Standing Roster 



The Annual Meeting... 



Rugged Bear's Breast Peak By Guy E. Mitchell... 

 With one illustration. 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson _. 



Book Reviews _ _. 



White Pine Blister Disease- 



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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 

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