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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



PRICE 30c A COPY $3.00 A YEAR 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



September, 1920 



CONTENTS 



Vol. 26, No. 321 



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Hall of Fame The Lincoln Memorial Tree Frontispiece 



Editorial 



New York's Forests and Their Future By A. B. Recknagel 



With four illustrations. 



A Grateful Acknowledgment from France 



The Forests of a New Republic By E. F Prantner 



With ten illustrations. 



Fire Prevention Slogans 



Fire Protection and More Public Forest Land By Charles Lathrop Pack 



Split Wood Section Reveals Initials Cut Almost a Century Ago 



No Substitute for High-Grade Woods 



The Cocoanut Palm 



With three illustrations. 



Heart Rot in Western Hemlock -. 



A Novel Seat 



With one iluustration. 

 The Uses of Wood Wood for Musical Instruments By Hu Maxwell.. 



With sixteen illustrations. 

 Tramps Through the Gulf States (II) By R. W. Shufcldt 



With ten illustrations. 



Longleaf Pine Has Heavy Seed Crop 'j 



A Forest Tragedy By John D. Guthrie : 



Another Word on "Light Burning" By Filibert Roth. ! 



The Department of Forest Recreation ^y Arthur Carhart. 



Vacation Opportunities in Your National Forests 



With six illustrations. 

 Auto Camp Conveniences .......: 



With six illustrations. 



Home Forest Pays Dividend . 



What the Tree Teaches UsBy E. T. Meredith 



With one illustration. 

 Only Dead Timber Used By Marie Dickore 



With one illustration. 



Wanted Facts About Shade Trees 



Forestry Editorial Digest 



National Honor Roll, Memorial Trees. 



Canadian Department By Ellwood Wilson . : 



Forest Guard Killed 



Book Reviews 



Topiary Being Revived in England 



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