1096 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Annual Meeting 



TllK tliirty-fifth annual meeting of the American Forestry Association will be held at the Copley- 

 Plaza Hotel, I'oston, Mass., on Monday and Tuesday, January, 17, 18, 1916. 

 The chief feature of this meeting will be reports and discussions concerning the eflfort to secure 

 an extension of the ajjpropriation for the continued operation of the Weeks Law. This is so important to 

 New England and the Southern Appalachians in particular, and to the whole country in general, that a 

 larger attendance than at any other annual meeting of the Association is expected, and desired. 



On the evening of Monday, January IT, there will be a joint forestry banquet of the American Forestry 

 Association, Massachusetts Forestry Association, and all the other forestry organizations in New England, 

 at which are expected as speakers a member of the Cabinet and several of the leading men of the country. 



Tickets for this banquet are $3.00 each. Reservations for it are desired at once. 



Send in orders, with or without the money, to P. S. Ridsdale, Secretary American Forestry Association, 

 Washington, D. C, or Harris A. Reynolds, Secretary Massachusetts Forestry Association, 4 Joy Street, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Those desiring special tables of six or eight for special parties will please give notification as soon 

 as possible. 



The program for the two days' meeting is as follows: 



Monday, January IT 



9.30 a.m. Meeting of the Board of Directors. 



2 p. m. General Meeting. 



Welcome by the President. 

 Report of the Secretary. 

 Report of the Treasurer. 

 Appointment of tha Nominating Committee. 

 Addresses The Weeks Law Situation. 



New England Forestry Problems. 



Municipal Forests. 

 Report of the Nominating Committee. 

 Election of Officers. 

 General Business. 



7.30 p. m. Joint Forestry I'anquet. 



Tuesday, January 18 



10 a.m. .\ddre:;ses. 



The National Forestry Situation. 



Forestry and Lumbering. 



Suggestions for American Forestry Association Work. 



City Forestry and Its Future. 



2 p. m. Addresses. 



State Forestry organizations and Problems. 

 State Fire Protection Work. 

 The War on Destructive Tree Insects. 

 White Pine Blister Rust Menace. 



4.30 p. m. Meeting of the 1916 Board of Directors. 

 Adjournment. 



