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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



May 1919 Vol. 25 



CONTENTS 



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No. 305 



THIS BEAUTIFUL SPOT IS ON THE GREEN, AT KENDALL, 

 MASSACHUSETTS, AND SHOWS THE TREATMENT OF A 

 STREAM WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE A VALUABLE ASSET 

 TO THE COMMUNITY. Photograph shown through courtesy of 

 the F. A. Bartlett Company. 



WAR'S DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH FORESTS By 



Percival Sheldon Ridsdale 1027 



With nineteen illustrations. 



STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS IN THE 



WAR By J. Demorlaine 1040 



With three illustrations. 



SPRING IN MARYLAND Poem by John Ferguson 1044 



MONUMENTS WITH A MEANING 1045 



With four illustrations. 



A NATIONAL FOREST POLICY WHY AND HOW 1049 



EXCLUDING ENEMY ALIENS WITH APPETITES DE 



LUXE By Charles Lathrop Pack 1053 



With six illustrations. 

 CANADA TO HELP FRANCE By Ellwood Wilson 1057 



LET TREES TELL THEIR GLORY, NOT OUR 

 SORROW 1057 



TREES AS WIRELESS TOWERS 1058 



HIGHWAY FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE By 



Henry W. Hulbert 1059 



. With five illustrations. 



A SIMPLE WAY TO DESTROY CATERPILLARS By 



Edward P. Sperry 1062 



With one illustration. 



PROTECTING BIRDS AS AN ACT OF PATRIOTISM By 



Moody B. Gates 1063 



With five illustrations. 



WALKS IN THE WOODS WITH WASHINGTON IRV- 

 ING ALONG THE CROTON AQUEDUCT By J. Otis 



Swift 1066 



With seven illustrations. 



PHYTOPHOTOGRAPHY OR THE SCIENCE OF PHO- 

 TOGRAPHING FLOWERS By R. W. Shufeldt 1069 



With eight illustrations. 

 FORESTRY AS A VOCATION By H. H. Chapman 1075 



FOREIGN NURSERY STOCK INSPECTION INSUFFI- 

 CIENT 1077 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT By Ellwood Wilson 1078 



NEW BRUNSWICK FOREST SERVICE STAFF CON- 

 FERENCE 1080 



GEORGIA TRAINING FORESTERS FOR WAR DE- 

 PARTMENT 1080 



ARMY AIRCRAFT TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES 1081 



CURRENT LITERATURE 1082 



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

 ton, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1919, by the American Fores- 

 try Association. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage. provided for 

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



