

AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Magazine of the American Forestry Association 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 

 Herman H. Chapman S. T. Dana John E. Rhodes 



Ernest A. Sterling Frederick S. Underbill S. N. Spring 



September 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 273 



Shortleaf Yellow Pine Cover Picture. 



Shortleaf Pine Identification and Characteristics By Samuel 



B. Detwiler 513 



With six illustrations. 



Commercial Uses of Shortleaf Pine 517 



With six illustrations. 



Canada's Deadly Forest Fires By Robson Black 521 



With five illustrations. 



The Cause of the Fire and Future Prevention By Clyde 



Leavitt . 524 



With three illustrations. 



Mount Rainier National Park By Mark Daniels 529 



With nine illustrations. 



Memorial Tablet for George W. Vanderbilt 536 



The Bird Department By A. A. Allen 537 



Autumn Birds and Their Message. 

 The Larks. 

 With eight illustrations. 



The Appalachian Forest Purchases By John W. Weeks 542 



With one photograph. 



Ornamental and Shade Trees By J. J. Levison 543 



Selecting Trees for Planting. 

 With four illustrations. 



Vermont Forestry Meeting 546 



Conservation of Our Forests By Theodore N. Vail 547 



With one photograph. 



White Pine Blister Rust Quarantine 549 



Address by President Pack at Asheville 550 



Forestry for Boys and Girls By Bristow Adams 552 



The Wooden Horse But What Wood ? 



How to Tell the Age of Trees 554 



With one illustration. 



Appalachian Forest Reserve Committee's Report 555 



Standing Timber Insurance By W. R. Brown 556 



The Lumber Export Market 559 



White Pine Conditions 560 



Wood Preserving Department By E. A. Sterling 561 



Editorial 562 



President Wilson Speaks Plainly. 



Commercial Grazing Versus Wild Life in National Parks. 



The Oregon Forest Fire Association 563 



Canadian Department 564 



Current Literature 564 



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