AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY S4.00 A YEAR 



JANUARY, 1922 CONTENTS Vol. 28, No. 337 



HALL OF FAME FOR TREES THE BATTLE-GROUND OAK 2 



SEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP By Arthur Newton Pack 3 



\\'ith twelve illustrations. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 7 



BOTANIC GARDEN AND ARBORETUM FOR THE NATION By W. R. Mattoon 8 



With four illustrations. 



THE MAPLES By J. S. lUick 12 



With fourteen illustrations. 



THE FOUNDATION FOR FORESTRY IN NEW JERSEY By C. P. Wilber 20 



With six illustrations. 



TO USE ALASKA'S FORESTS 25 



HOW SKUNKS DEFEND THEMSELVES By R. W. Shufeldt 26 



With ten illustrations. 



THE RED DRAGOON Poem by Lew Sarett 30 



FOREST RECREATION DEPARTMENT MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN RECREATION 



By Arthur H. Carhart 31 



With ten illustrations. 



THE RUSSO-AMERICAN OAK 36 



EDITORIAL , 37 



PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS 39 



AMERICAN FORESTRY GUIDES DEPARTMENT By Solan L. Parkes 42 



FORESTRY COMMITTEE AT BOGALUSA By Austin Gary 44 



With one illustration. 



IMPORTING WOOD FOR NEWSPRINT 45 



A PROFITABLE CROP 46 



With one illustration. 



THE LANDSCAPE VALUE OF TREES By Frederick W. Kelsey 47 



FOREST POLICY ASSURES GREATEST TIMBER GROWTH 48 



FIRES ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS By W. B. Greeley 49 



FORESTRY AWAKENING IN WASHINGTON By John D. Guthrie 51 



FORESTRY EDITORIAL DIGEST 52 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT By EUwood Wilson 54 



PINE BEETLES FILMED 56 



WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA 57 



BOOK REVIEWS 60 



STOPPING FOREST FIRES 61 



FORESTS AND STREAMFLOW 61 



NATIONAL FOREST FOR PENNSYLVANIA 62 



SMOKERS AND FOREST FIRES 63 



LUMBERMEN ENDORSE FOREST POLICY 63 



NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR 1921 64 



MONEY FOR NATIONAL FOREST ROADS 64 



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Copyright, 1922, by The American Forestry Association. 



