AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 

 L, M. CROMELIN, Assistant Editor 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY PRICE 40c A COPY-4.00 A YEAR 



SEPTEMBER, 1922 CONTENTS Vol. 28, No. 345 



THE RED OAK AT LLOYD'S NECK Frontispiece 



FORESTRY AS A BUSINESS George H. Rhodes 515 



With five illustrations. 



THE CREATION OF THE EASTERN NATIONAL FORESTS W. W. Ashe 521 



With four illustrations. 



THE AIRPLANE "WATCH-DOG OF CANADA'S FOREST RESOURCES" Stuart Moir 526 



\\'ith seven illustrations. 



EDITORIAL 529 



THE EARLY USES OF THE YAUPON C. D. Mell 531 



THE KUDZU VINE AND OTHER CLIMBERS R. W. Shufeldt 532 



With thirteen illustrations. 



FOREST FIRES WORST IN SIX YEARS 540 



A HOT TIP Poem by John Lewis 541 



THE LAND OF THE CHEROKEES Ovid M. Butler 542 



With four illustrations. 



THE BEECHES Joseph S. Illick 546 



With seven illustrations. 



"HALL OF FAME FOR TREES" 551 



With five illustrations. 



PALM CANYON, CALIFORNIA A. E. Demaray 554 



With four illustrations. 

 CABINWARD CABINS OF NECESSITY Robert Sparks Walker 557 



With five illustrations. 



TREE STORIES FOR CHILDREN A TREE WITH STRANGE APPLES Mary Isabel Curtis 560 



PRACTICAL MAHOGANY PLANTING 56i 



With three illustrations. 



THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OUR HARDWOODS 563 



FORESTRY EDITORIAL DIGEST 564 



GIANT ELM FALLS 566 



W ith one illustration. 



SONG OF THE TREE DOCTOR 566 



AIRPLANES TO LOCATE ALASKA'S LOST LAKES 569 



THE SERIOUS FIRE MENACE 570 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT By Ellwood Wilson 572 



BARNJUM PRIZES AWARDED 573 



NEW JERSEY NEWS NOTES 575 



DESTROY BLACK CURRANTS 576 



NELSON BROWN DECORATED 576 



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Copyright, 1922, by The American Forestry Astociation. 



