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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



April 1919 Vol. 25 CONTENTS 



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French Forests for Our Army By Percival Sheldon Ridsdale 

 With sixteen illustrations. 



Cascara Stumpage Advertised on Siuslaw 



NO. 304 



The Uses of Wood Wooden Boats and Their Manufacture By Hu 

 Maxwell 



With twenty-one illustrations. 

 Forest Opportunity on Pine Lands in the South By F. W. Besley 



Washington's First Memorial Tree. 

 With one illustration. 



ITALIAN CYPRESS 

 This beautiful tree Is a native of Europe and Asia. It Is a tall, 

 very slender, tapering tree, with branches lying close to the 

 stem. Often used to line a driveway or enhance a vista, it is 



most 



Forward With Tree Planting By Charles Lathrop Pack. 

 With seven illustrations. 



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Why Wood Is Best By Alfred Gaskill 991 



With seven illustrations. 



Mandrakes, Wild Lupine and Notes on the American Snapping Turtle.. 

 By R. W. Shufeldt 995 



With nine illustrations. 



Rails, Gallinules and Coots By A. A. Allen 



With thirteen illustrations. 



Southwestern Forest Supervisors Hold Important Conference. 



1001 



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Forestry for Boys and Girls The Pine Woods Folk Squeaky Chip- 

 munk Makes a Discovery By E. G. Chayney 1006 



Digest of Opinions on Forestry 1008 



Walks in the Woods: (II) "Around Robin Hood's Barn" By J. Otis 



Swift 



With four illustrations. 



1009 



Sell Fuel Wood by Weight 1012 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 1015 



Training Courses in Wood Inspection 1016 



Forestry in Louisiana 1018 



Planting Trees in a New Way 1018 



Current Literature 1019 



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

 under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1919, by the American Forestry Association. 



adaptable for landscape work. (Photograph by courtetv of Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of 



the California Nursery Company.) 



October 3, 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



