THE FORESTER. 



July, 



A. S., in their opening exercises at Have- 

 meyer Hall. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Association met at half past two 

 Monday afternoon and listened to the read- 

 ing by Secretary Newel i, of two papers, 

 the first by Mr. Henry Gannett, of the 

 Geological Survey, entitled " Work of the 

 United States Geological Survey in Forest 

 Reserves "; the second by Mr. Xewell on 

 " Hydrographic Investigations in New 

 York." ' 



A paper by Prof. J. W. Tourney, en- 

 titled " Progress of Tree Planting in the 

 United States, particularly in the Middle 

 West," was read by Mr. Otto J. J. Lueb- 

 kert. 



Mr. H. H. Jones, of the General Land 

 Office, read a paper entitled " Forest 

 Work of the U. S. General Land Office." 

 This was followed bv a short discussion. 



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Secretary Whittlesey read a paper by 

 Treadwell Cleveland, Jr., entitled "The 

 Forestry Laws of New York." 



Col. Win. F. Fox followed with some 

 extemporaneous remarks on "Adirondack 

 Forest Fires of 1899." Dr. B. E. 

 Fernow read a paper on " Some Adi- 

 rondack Forest Problems." 



Mr. Henry S. Graves of the Division 

 of Forestry, read a paper on "Forest 

 \\'<>rk on the Reserves." 



Adjourned to 10 o'clock Tuesday morn- 

 ing. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Tuesday June 26th . 



Mi t at 10 a. m., the Hon. Warren 

 1 1 i^ley in the chair. 



Secretary Whittlesey, read a paper by 

 Judson N. Cross on " The Minnesota 

 Forestry Plan." Mr. Luebkert read a 

 paper by Ernest Brucken on " The Leg- 

 islative Outlook for Forestry in Wiscon- 

 sin." 



A paper by Charles W. Garfield on 

 -The I'ro-ress of the Forest Movement 

 in Mie hi-.- 1 ii," was read by Secretary 



WhitfU-sev . 



Dr. Fer n( ,\v commented favorably upon 

 these three' papers. 



A paper on "Forest Survey Work in 



Maryland," by Professor Wm. B. Clark, 

 was read by Mr. Luebkert. 



Mr. C. C. Vermeule read a paper upon 

 " The Forests of New Jersey," illustrated 

 with maps. A short discussion of this 

 paper followed. 



Secretary Whittlesey then read a paper 

 by Dr. J. T. Rothrock on the " Forestry 

 Outlook in Pennsylvania." 



A paper on " Forest Conditions in Kan- 

 sas," by John P. Brown, was read by the 

 Secretary. 



Mr. A. M. Lyman, of Massachusetts, 

 followed with a few remarks on forest 

 work in Massachusetts. 



Adjourned until 2 130 o'clock. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Met at 2 130 o'clock, Dr. Fernow in the 

 chair. Mr. J. A. Holmes presented a 

 plea for an Appalachian National Park. 



Mr. John Craig read a paper entitled 

 " Hardiness of Forest Trees as Influenced 

 by Climate." 



Professor A. B. Hopkins presented a 

 paper on " Forest Insects," which was 

 followed by some discussion. 



Mr. Hermann von Schrenck read a 

 paper entitled " Forest Fungi," which 

 was followed by some discussion. 



Miss Mira L. Dock then presented the 

 "Work of the Federation of Women's 

 Clubs in Forestry." 



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Miss Dock's paper was followed by an 

 earnest appeal on behalf of the Minnesota 

 National Park by Mr. Charles Christadoro, 

 of St. Paul, who asked the support of the 

 A. F. A. for this project. 



A paper by Mr. Fred E. Olmstead on 

 "A Glimpse of Forestry in the Himal- 

 ayas" was read by Mr. Luebkert, who 

 also read papers by Mr. E. Stewart on 

 " Notes on Forestry in, Canada" and by 

 Mr. H. B. Ayres on "Cutting, Burning 

 and Fire Protection." 



Professor John Gifford presented a 

 paper on " Sylvicultural Prospects of 

 Cuba." 



A paper by Mr. James MacNaughton 

 on " History of Forest Legislation and 

 Administration in New York," was read 

 by Mr. Luebkert. 



The chair (Hon. Warren Higley) pro- 



