AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



July 1920 



CONTENTS Vol. 26, No. 319 



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The Octopus Tree Frontispiece. 



Editorial Department 387 



War Memorials Council 390 



With one illustration. 



A Crisis in National Recreation By Henry S. Graves 391 



With fourteen illustrations. 



Industrial Research in Forest Products 401 



With seven illustrations 



State Forest Fire Protection By E. C. Hirst 408 



The Areca Palm 409 



The Value of the Ibis By W. H. D. LeSouef 410 



With two illustrations. 



Work Against Forest Insects 411 



"Hall of Fame" for Trees 412 



With nine illustrations. 



The Moths and Butterflies By R. W. Shufeldt 418 



With nine illustrations. 



Raise Salaries of Forest Service Employees 425 



Forest Protection Week 426 



A Forest Questionnaire 426 



Help Prevent Forest Fires 427 



A Tree Game 427 



More Trees to Honor Our Hero Dead 428 



With ten illustrations. 



Facts About Depletion of Our Forests 433 



Forestry Editorial Digest 436 



State News 438 



National Honor Roll, Memorial Trees 440 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson 441 



Tit for Tat Poem 442 



442 

 Bouquets 



444 

 Book Reviews 



Timber Resources of Alaska 



Getting the Most Out of the Woods 446 



~ 447 



Paper Pulp from Papyrus Grass 



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Wealth of Transcaucasian Forests 



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THE ARECA PALM OF INDIA 

 Beyond its great economic value, the arecanut palm is 

 noted for its straight height and graceful beauty. It if 

 fittingly called "an arrow from heaven" by the Hindu 

 poets. (See page 409 ) 



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 October 3, 1917, authorized February 27, 1920. 



