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| AMERICAN FORESTRY J 



THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Editor 



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IN STRONG CONTRAST TO THE GLEAMING HEIGHTS ABOVE ARE THE SENTINEL TREES WHICH 

 NESTLE AT THE FOOT OF THE FAMOUS MISSION RANGE IN MONTANA 



December 1919 



CONTENTS 



Vol. 25, No. 312 



Christmas on Mount Ranier — Frontispiece. 



National Forests and the Water Supply — Samuel T. Dana. 

 With thirty-two illustrations. 



Travels of an English Christmas Tree — By Clara L. West. 



Foreign Students of Forestry in America. 

 With one illustration. 



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1523 

 1525 



Nature in the Nude 1525 



A Christmas Walk With Birds and Beasts— By A. A. 



Allen 



With twelve illustrations. 



Announcement of the Annual Meeting 



The Racoons of North America— By R. W. Shufeldt. 

 With five illustrations. 



Cutting Wood for Fuel 



1526 



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1536 



Nurseryman Believes in Dynamite 1536 



Memorial Trees in 1920 1537 



Pictorial Memorial Trees 1539 



Steady "Wake 'Em Up" Barrage— Editors for National 

 Forest Policy 1553-1551 



State News 1555 



Canadian Department— By Ellwood Wilson 1558 



Forest School Notes 1560 



Book Reviews 1562 



National Honor Roll, Memorial Trees 1564 



Tri-State Forestry Conference 1565 



Second Southern Forestry Congress 1566 



New Firm of Foresters 1566 



Entered as second-class mail matter December 24, 1909, at the Post-office at Washington, unaer the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1918, by the American 

 Forestry Association. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 11, 1918. 



