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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. Underhill S. N. Spring 



October 1916. Vol. 22 



CONTENTS 



No. 274 



The Bald Cypress Cover Picture. 



The Bald Cypress Identification and Characteristics By 



Samuel B. Detwiler 577 



With six illustrations. 

 Commercial Uses of Cypress 581 



With eleven illustrations. 

 Boy Scouts in City Park Work By H. H. Tryon 585 



With one illustration. 

 Crater Lake National Park By Mark Daniels 586 



With eight illustrations. 

 Fighting A Forest Fire By James Brown 593 



With one illustration. 

 War Consuming Britain's Forests 594 



With eight illustrations. 

 Deserts Due to Deforestation By Moye Wicks 598 



With nine illustrations. 



The Bird Department By A. A. Allen 607 



Federal Protection of Birds. 



The Crows and Jays. 

 With seven illustrations. 

 The White-Throated Sparrow By Paulina Brandreth, Poem. . 611 



An Appalachian Purchase 611 



orestry for Boys and Girls By Bristow Adams 612 



Is Jack Frost the Real Artist? 



War-Time Uses of Forest Products By A. W. Schorger 614 



Under Fire in War Zone Forests Lieutenant H. K. Robinson . 616 



How to Measure Height of Trees 618 



With one illustration. 



Western Public Lands and National Forests By H.H. Chapman. 619 



Ornamental and Shade Trees By J. J. Levison 622 



The Tree Census. 



North Carolina's Forest Fires 625 



New Ways of Making Paper 625 



Wood Preserving Department By E. A. Sterling 626 



Editorial 627 



Canadian Forest Protection. 



The White Pine Blister Rust. 



The Farm Woodlot. 



BookReviews 629 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 629 



Current Literature 630 



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THE TREE GUIDE 



265 pages. 250 illustrations 



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

 distinguish and identify trees. Invaluable in readily acquiring a 

 knowledge of trees. 



THE BIRD GUIDE 



415 colored illustrations 



This names, illustrates and describes all land birds east of the 

 Rockies, and is of the utmost assistance to anyone, adult or child, 

 wishing to know birds and their habits. 



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