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| AMERICAN FORESTRY | 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY $4.00 A YEAR | 



April, 1921 CONTENTS Vol. 27, No. 328 | 



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Editorial 195 



What is Wrong With Alaska By W. B. Greeley 198 



With twelve illustrations. 

 Animal Habitat Groups By Barton Warren Evermann 209 



With fourteen illustrations. 



Description of the Bird and Animal Groups 210 



Famous and Interesting Trees By James Ricalton 217 



With eight illustrations. 

 Young Birds and Birds' Eggs By R. W. Shufeldt 225 



With ten illustrations. 

 Wooden Shingles or Substitutes By Arthur Newton Pack 231 



With thirteen illustrations. 

 The Oldest Frame Building in America By William C. Poole 237 



With one illustration. 



Rejuvenating Pecan Trees By O. B. Strayer 238 



Boys' Reforestation Clubs in Louisiana 238 



Silent Sentinels By Hazel V. Paris 239 



With one illustration. 



Activities of The American Forestry Association for March, 1921 240 



Forest Recreation Department By Arthur H. Carhart 241 



Showing Henry Some Country By K. D. Swan. 



With eight illustrations. 

 Gems of Ruby Mountains By August Rohwer. 



With three illustrations. 



Why Not Label Trees? By Blanche C. Howlett 249 



Forest Guides Department By Solan L. Parkes, Editor 250 



The Willow Patch Poem by Bernard Flanagan 251 



Black Locust Reclaims Washed Lands By E. E. Miller 252 



With four illustrations. 



Forestry Editorial Digest 254 



Rate of Development of the Cones of the Norway Spruce By J. Ben Hill 256 



With one illustration. 



Save the Dogwood By Inez M. Haring 256 



Tree Stories for Children Spirits in Trees By Mary Isabel Curtis 257 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 258 



Book Reviews 260 



The Annual Meeting 262 



Roadside Planting Endorsed 269 



"Grove of the States" 269 



Forest School Notes 270 



Free Trees for Residents of New York State 272 



CHANGE OF ADDRESS 



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Be sure to give your old address as well as the new one. 



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 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. 



