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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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THE MAGAZINE 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



PRICE 40c A COPY $4.00 A YEAR 



February, 1921 



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THE LIBERTY TREE, A MEMORIAL TREE PLANTED 

 AT AKKA0ELPHIA, ARKANSAS, BY THE DAUGHTERS 

 OF THE AMERICAN' REVOLUTION, WITH SOIL FROM 

 ILL OVER THE WORLD, (Described on page 107) 



CONTENTS 



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Vol. 27, No. 326 



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 66 



The Age-Old Oaks (Frontispiece) 



With one illustration. 



Editorial 67 



The Timber Supply and What to Do About It By Roy Headley 70 



Forest Recreation Department The Land of the Beartooth By Arthur 

 H. Carhart 71 



With nine illustrations. 

 Library of Congress Honors Memory of Heroes 76 



With one illustration. 



Nature Photography By R. W. Shufeldt 77 



With sixteen illustrations. 



Forest Experiment Stations 86 



Winter Walks in the Woods Sleepy Hollow at Tarrytown, New York- 



By J. Otis Swift 



With nine illustrations. 



The Lure and Fascination of Old Boxwood By A. A. Lewis 



With six illustrations. 



Tree Surgery Deserves More Attention 



Pagan Poem by McLandburgh Wilson 



Lehigh University Tree Planting 



With one illustration. 

 The Forestry Bill in Congress 



With one illustration. 



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Forest Guides Department By Solan L. Parkes 100 



Hall of Fame for Trees 102 



The Washington Horse Chestnut and a Lowell Letter 103 



Children of the District of Columbia Study Tree Life 103 



Problems in Forest Education 104 



Forest Conservation in Texas 104 



Vocational Training in the Lumber Industry 105 



Forest Service Receipts for 1920 105 



Yale Forest School Reunion 106 



Bird and Tree Club Approves 107 



The Liberty Tree 107 



Forestry Editorial Digest 108 



National Honor Roll, Memorial Trees 110 



Canadian Notes 112 



State News 113 



Economy in Lumber Production 117 



National Forests in the East 118 



Pulp Resources in India 119 



National Parks and National Forests 120 



The Annual Meeting 120 



Book Reviews 122 



Book Paper from Southern Pine and Red Gum 126 



Forest School Notes 127 



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Publication Office, 522 East Street, Baltimore, Md. 



Headquarters Office, 1214 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C. 



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

 more, 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. 



