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side, where is the maximum of sun and wind protection, towards 
the southern side of the stand. 
“In methods of artificial regeneration what struck me par- 
ticularly is the abandoning of the many complex planting instru- 
ments in favor of that simplest of all tools, the mattock. No 
more jamming of the seedling into the earth with crumpled, 
often injured root system, but a ‘natural,’ normal planting by 
hand in a mattock-made hole. 
“Finally I must mention the tendency away from large cut- 
ting areas with their attendant increased dangers of fire, drought, 
insects, fungi, wind, etc., towards smaller cutting areas and more 
of them: more points of attack as initial points in a well-planned 
cutting series progressing against the prevailing wind direction.” 
Recknagel is an Episcopalian, and in politics is a Republican. 
He was at one time a member of Company C, First Regiment 
of Arizona Militia. He is a member of the Society of American 
Foresters. 
He has published: Practical fire protection, For. Quart., 1906, reprinted 
in Forest Leaves, Pa. 1906; Economics of protection, Forest Leaves, 
1906; The new reconnaissance, Proc. Soc. Am. Foresters, 1908, reprinted 
as pamphlet, Yale Pub. Ass’n, 1909; Marking in practice, For. Quart., 
1909; Progress of reconnaissance, For. Quart., 1910; Example of a 
German working plan, a translation, For. Quart., 1911; Nomenclature of 
divisions of area in working plans, open letter, For. Quart., 1912; 
Prussian seed extracting establishments, For. Quart., 1912; The forests 
of northern Russia, a review, For. Quart., 1912; (With T. S. Woolsey, Jr.) 
European study for foresters, For Quart., 1912; Border cuttings, a sug- 
gested departure in American silviculture, Proc. Soc. Am. Foresters, 
1912; Four open letters to the Yale Forest Club, Am. For., 1912; (With 
I. F. Eldredge) Management of longleaf pine with special reference to 
the turpentine industry, Circ., U. S. Forest Service, 1912; The theory 
and practice of working plans, N. Y., John Wiley & Sons, 8vo, x + 230 
pp., illus. 
Alexander H. D. Ross 
Business address, Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Pacific 
Railway, Calgary, Alta., Canada 
Home address, 32 Kendal Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada 
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada 
Alexander Herbert Douglas Ross was born March 18, 1865, in Carlton 
Place, Ontario, the son of Walter Ross, a Presbyterian minister, and 
