CmiAm forestry journal 



Vol. XI. 



Ottawa, Canada, Febhiauy, 191.3. 



No. 2 



CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL. 



Published mouthly by the 



Canadian' Forestry Association, 



Journal Building. 



Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. 



Subscription $1 per year. 



Advertising Rates on Application. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, H. R. H. the Govebnor Genbral. 

 Houorary Pre-.. Kt. Hon. i?iR Robbht Borden. 



Honorary Past Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid 

 Laurier. 



President, Mu. F. C. Whitm.v.v. 

 Vice-President, Mu J. B. Millkk. 



Trea&urer, Miss M. Robinbon ) Journal Building, 

 Hon. Secretary, James Lawler ' Ottawa, Can. 



Directors. 



Directors: William Little, Hiram Robinson, 

 Aubrey White, E. Stewart, W. B. Snowball, 

 Thomas Southworth, Hon. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y. 

 Chown. .John Hendry. Hon. W. A. Charlton, Wm. 

 Power, M.P., Hon. W. J. Roche, Sir Geo. H. 

 Perley, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R. H. Campbell, 

 Cordon C. Edwards. Dr. B. E. Fernow, 

 Elhvood Wilson, .Senator Bo.stock, G. C. Pichf, 

 Alex. MacLaurin, Mgr. P. E. Roy, A. P. Steven- 

 son, Wm. Pearce, C. E. E. Ussher, Denis Murphy, 

 C. Jackson Booth, Sir Wm. Price, J. W. Harkom, 

 A. S. Goodeve, W. C. J. Hall, J. S. Dennis, J. B. 

 White, E. J. Zavitz, Geo. Chahoon, Jr., R. D. 

 Prettie, Hon. N. Curry, A. C. Flumerfelt, H. R. 

 MacMillan, Clyde Leavitt. 



Territorial Vice-Presidents. 

 Ontario: — Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. 

 Quebec: — Hon. Jules Allard. 

 X.'w Brunswick: — Hon. George J. Clarke. 

 Nova Scotia: — Hon. O. T. Daniels. 

 Manitoba: — Sir R. P. Roblin. 

 Prince Edward Island: — Hon. J. A. Matheson. 

 Saskatchewan: — His Honor G. W. Brown. 

 Alberta: — Hon. A. L. Sifton. 

 British Columbia: — Hon. W. R. Ross. 

 Yukon: — Hon. Geo. Black, Commissioner. 

 Mackenzie : — F. D. Wilson. 

 Patricia: — His Honor Sir Douglas Cameron. 

 Ungava: — His Grace Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop 

 of Montreal. 



CONTENTS. Page. 



.\miual .Mi'ctiug • 17 



Wliitinan, F. C., President.. l!» 



Secretaryshij), The «>o 



Tapestry Trees oq 



Commissiou of Conservation, Adiiresses 

 at: 



Sifton. Sir Clifford ; 21 



< 'ainpbell, R. H o.t 



I'iche, G. C 04 



MacMillan, H. R 24 



Fernow, Dr. B. E 25 



Directors' Report 27 



-^ir. A. C. Mac.lonell, M.P., Urges 



Scientific Investigation 29 



Forests I'roducts Laboratorv 30 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association was held in 

 the lecture hall of the Carnegie Library, 

 Ottawa, on Jan. 19, 191.1, at s ji.ni. 



There was a good number jircsent as will 

 be seen from a list of some of those present 

 in a later part of this issue. 



In the absence of Mr. William Power, 

 M.P., President, and Mr. F. C. Whitman. 

 Yiee-President. Hon. IF. Bo.stock was elected 

 Chairman. 



On motion of Messrs. Power and Wilson 

 the minutes of the last jtrevious annual 

 meeting were taken as read. 



The Chairman nominated the following 

 as the Nominating <'ommittee anil they were 

 elected by the meeting: Messrs. R. H. 

 Campbell, W. C. J. Hall, ITon. Sydney 

 Fisher. Elhvood Wihson, A. S. Goodeve. C. 

 .Jackson Booth and J. B. White. 



Letters of regret at inability to be pre- 

 sent were read from Mr. William Power, 

 M.P., Presi.lent; Mr. F. C. Whitman. Yice- 

 President, and Messrs. William Little. Au- 

 brey White, E. Stewart, George Y. Chown, 

 .Tohn Hendry, Hon. W. A. Charlton, Denis 

 Murphy, C. E. E. T'ssher, Alex. MacLaurin. 

 William Pearce, and R. D. Prettie, all Direo 

 tors. 



Letters were read from Messrs. Ellwood 

 Wilson. W. C. J. Hall, W. Gerard Power 

 and Paul G. Owen. Secretary of the Quebec 

 Limit Holders' Association, urging that ef- 



AGULTY Of FOCESIRy 



MAR 1 1915 



