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Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1917 



result that the Boy Scout may now 

 quaUfy for a Forestry Badge by pass- 

 ing the Forestry Test. 



A new forest-book for French-Can- 

 adian boys, entitled, 'Le Premier 

 Livre Sur La Foret' is now being 

 issued and the first edition of five 

 thousand copies will receive judicious 

 distribution. 



It is worthy of mention, too, that 

 public illustrated lectures in the 

 French language were arranged for 

 and a beginning will be made in 'the 

 Eastern Townships. In this under- 

 taking the Association co-operates 

 with the Quebec Department of Lands 

 and Forests. The Secretary was un- 

 able to go to British Columbia for 

 special work in 1916, as was planned, 

 and at least four weeks will be de- 

 voted to propagandist work and in- 

 quiry in the Prairie Provinces and 

 British Columbia beginning about 

 the end of February. 



Advisory Committee Formed. 



A development of the machinery 

 of the Forestry Association which 

 promises important results was the 

 formation of a special Publicity Ad- 

 visorv Committee, consisting of H. 

 R. Charlton, General Advertising 

 Agent of the Grand Trunk Railway 

 System; A. McKim, President of 

 McKim's Advertising Agency, Mon- 

 treal, and H. d'Hellencourt, Chief 

 Editor of Le Soleil, Quebec. In order 

 to stimulate the use of attractive 

 educational matter by the forest de- 

 partments of the various govern- 

 ments, this committee will pass upon 

 certain special schemes of educational 

 literature prepared by the Secretary 

 for submittal to the Governments. 

 It is hoped that the advice and en- 

 dorsation of these gentlemen will en- 

 sure a much wider circulation for such 

 publicity devices as the Association 

 may from time to time bring forward. 

 The Canadian Forestry Journal 

 has proved of most substantial value 

 in disseminating useful information 

 to 4700 readers month by month and 

 in binding together the membership. 

 The Journal "has served a valuable 

 purpose also in creating an inforrned 

 public opinion, even within the limita- 

 tions of its membership, and the 

 practical effects of this are becoming 

 more and more evident. 



HANDBOOK OF TREES OF THE 

 NORTHERN STATES AND CANADA' 



By Romeyn B. Hough. 



Is photo-descriptive of the leaves, fruits, barks 

 branchlets, etc., and- shows them all with the 

 vividness of reality. Natural sizes ingeniously 

 indicated. Distributions shown by maps. Wood 

 structures by photo-micrographs. 



"With it one wholly unfamiliar with botany can 

 easily identify the trees." — Melvil Dewey, Pres. 

 Library Institute. 



"The most ideal Handbook I have seen." — 

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"The most valuable guide to the subjects ever 

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By Romeyn B. Hough. 



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