AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Magazine of the American Forestry Association 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



Herman H. Chapman 

 Ernest A. Sterling 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 



S. T. Dana 



Frederick S. TJnderhill 



John E. Rhodes 

 S. N. Spring 



April, 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 268 



The White or Paper Birch Cover Picture Photograph by 

 V. M. Akers. 



The Birches Identification and Characteristics By S. B. 

 Detwiler 195 



With four illustrations. 



The Products and Uses of Birch 198 



With seven illustrations. 



The Grand Canyon of the Colorado By Mark Daniels 202 



With ten illustrations. 



A Tree Within a Tree 208 



With one illustration. 



The Bird Department Planting to Attract Birds By A. A. 



Allen, Ph.D: 209 



With five illustrations. 



Wooden Pipe a Century in the Ground 213 



With one illustration. 



The Man Who Loved the Birds By S. B. Detwiler 214 



With five illustrations. 

 Railroad Saves Maple Trees 217 



With one illustration. 



Children's Department Fairies of the Woods By Bristow 



Adams 218 



With one drawing. 



Protection of Beaver in Wisconsin By F. B. Moody 220 



With six illustrations. 



The 1915 Forest Fire Season Allen S. Peck 225 



With four illustrations. 



Ornamental and Shade Trees Damage by Spurs J. J. Levison 228 



With four illustrations. 



First Fire Protective Organization By W. R. Fisher 234 



With three photographs. 



The Forest Pleaders Poem for Arbor Day By E. T. Allen . . 235 



Electric Power Development in the United States Review by 



H. H. Chapman 236 



Wood Preserving Department E. A. Sterling 238; 



Uses' of Lumber By Warren B. Bullock 239" 



Brother Jonathan Poem by Charles Alexander Richmond, re- 

 printed from The Outlook 240 " 



Correspondence Course in Forestry 241i 



Editorial: 



Agricultural Committee's Surprising Action 242 



Waterpower Legislation 242 



Canadian Department By Elwood Wilson 244 



Current Literature 246, 



CHECK OFF BOOK DESIRED. 



D THE BIRD BOOK 



By CHESTER A. REED, S.B. 

 1,500 Colored Illustrations of Birds, Eggs, Nests, etc. 700 

 Birds in Natural Colors. Egg of each Bird in Natural Size. 

 472 Pages, size 7 by 10; fine paper; heavy binding. 



TREES, SHRUBS, VINES 



AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



By Kirkegaard. formerly director Royal Botanical Gardens, 

 Copenhagen, Denmark. Its 410 pages are brimful of valuable 

 data. Has sixty beautiful full page sepia photographs; chapters 

 on pruning, insect pests, etc., also an exhaustive planting list. 



D THE TREE GUIDE 



By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS 

 265 Pages, Over 250 Illustrations 



A compact pocket manual of trees to aid the student and the 

 beginner to distinguish and identify the trees and to tell why they 

 are recognized. Every lover of trees should have this book. 



D Trees Every Child Should Know 



By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS 

 263 Pages, 47 Full Page Illustrations. 



All parents wish their children to know about trees, their uses 

 and how to identify them. This book will be found interesting 

 and helpful not only to the child but to the adult. 



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