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CONTENTS FOR. MAR.CH. 1902 



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RECLAIMED DESERTS Frontispiece 



NEWS AND NOTES {Illustrated) 93 



Irrigation Bill Passed by Senate Pennsylvania Forest Re- 

 serves Forest Fires University of California Measurement 

 of Water MeetinginMichigan Winter Irrigation of Orchards 

 Irrigation in New Jersey Forestry in Maryland - Extent of 

 Present Irrigation Tree Planting by Illinois Central Irrigation 

 in Connecticut To Cut Timber in the Adirondacks 

 HON. REDFIELD PROCTOR {with portrait) 

 A NATIONAL IRRIGATION POLICY .... 



Senator H- C. Hansbrough 



THE MAY FLOOD (1901) IN THE SOUTHERN APPA- 

 LACHIAN REGION 



In the Catawba River Valley, North Carolina . 



Wade H. Harris 



The May Flood in Eastern Tennessee .... 



H. B. Ayres 



COLORADO FOREST FIRES IN 1901 



Henry Michelsen 



THE PLANTING OF EXOTIC TREES IN SOUTHERN 

 FLORIDA. Part I. {Illustrated) Dr. John Gifford 



EARTHEN RESERVOIRS . Arthur P. Davis 



MAPLE PLANTATIONS IN VERMONT [Illustrated) 



George H. Myers 



LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS Guy Elliott Mitchell 



THE EFFECT OF ICE STORMS ON TREES 



Herman H. Chapman 



PUMPING WATER FOR IRRIGATION. Third Paper 



\ Illustrated) 130 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION IN CONGRESS 134 



REGENT PUBLICATIONS 136 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION is the official organ 0/ the American Forestry 

 Association and The National Irrigation Association. Sttbsci iption price $2.oo 

 a year ; single copies 20 cents. Copyright, 1902, by H. M. Sitter. Entered at 

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