TABLE OK CONTENTS. 



Mount Rainier Frontispiece 



The New Mount Rainier National Park. Illustrated 97 



(By permission of the Director of U. S. Geological Survey.) 

 The Training of Professional Foresters in America 103 



(A symposium in three papers.) 

 I. By the Director of the New York State College of Forestry. 

 II. By the Forester of the Biltmore Estate. 

 III. By the Forester of the Department of Agriculture. 



Timber Protection in Minnesota 108 



Tree Planting in Kansas 109 



"False Mahogany" of South America no 



Exchange Notes no 



The Forthcoming Year-Book in 



Work of the Division of Forestry for the Farmer. 



Notes on Some Forest Problems. 



(From advance sheets by courtesy of Secretary of Agriculture.) 



A Bold Stroke for Irrigation 112 



Colorado Advice 113 



Colorado Experience 113 



Recent Legislation 114 



New York. Missouri. Arkansas. 



Minnesota. Wisconsin. Canada. 

 Legislation Pending 115 



Minnesota. 



A Scarcity of Timber and Its Hindrance 115 



Water Supply and Forestry 116 



Editorial 117 



Special Announcement. 



Editorial Note. 

 News Items 117 



Miscellaneous. 



Forest Fires. 



Timber Prospects in Cuba. 



Utilization of Water Power. 



Snowslide or Landslide Next ? 



Recent Publications !2o 



The Forester for 1898 120 



