AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



PRICE 40c A COPY $4.00 A YEAR 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



January, 1921 



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HE SLEEPS WITH THE BIRDS 



A peep at Guy C. Caldwell, carefully and (he claims) 

 comfortably tucked away for the night in his hammock 

 in the treetops. (Described on page 31 ) 



CONTENTS 



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Vol. 27, No. 325 



White Oak Planted to Honor Roosevelt's Memory 2 



Frontispiece. 



Editorial 3 



Safeguarding the White Pine Crop By Samuel B. Detwiler 7 



With eight illustrations. 



The National Forest Resources of Alaska are for Use By John D. Guthrie 12 

 With five illustrations. 



Dedication of the Scout Reservation 14 



American Grown Cork By George N. Lamh 15 



With six illustrations. 



For a National Forestry Bill 17 



Forestry in Connecticut 18 



State Foresters' Meeting 19 



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State Foresters Demand Legislation 



Forest Guides Department By Solan L. Parkes 



With one illustration. 



American Bears By R. W. Shufeldt 



With twelve illustrations. 



He Sleeps With the Birds 



The Giant Cypress of Mexico 



The Sangre de Cristos By Arthur H. Carhart 



With seven illustrations 



Our National Tree 



Forest Oddities The Bighorns of Ouray By Arthur H. Carhart. 

 With three illustrations. 



Central Park Utilizes Dead Trees 



Mystery of an Abandoned Orchard By J. Otis Swift. 



With seven illustrations. 



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 tions. 



Hall of Fame for Trees 42 



Money from Maples 44 



Value of Shade Trees By C. F. Bley 45 



The Annual Meeting 45 



Serbian Trees Demanded for Fuel 45 



With one illustration. 



Forestry Editorial Digest 46 



Forestry in Indiana 48 



Forest School Notes 



England Needs Forest School 



California Airplane Fire Patrol Succeeds 



Texas Should Practice Forestry 



State News 



Rotarians to Preserve Forests 



Wood Preservative Output Makes Large Gain. 

 Forests of French Guiana 



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Facts About Alaska 61 



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Publication Office, 522 East Street, Baltimore, Md. Headquarters Office, 1214 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C. 



1 as second class mail matter December 24, 1909, at the Postoffice at Baltimore, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at 

 special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized February 27, 1920. 

 Copyright, 1921, by the American Forestry Association. 



