Canadian forestry journal 



Vol. XL 



Ottawa, Canada. Makch, 1915. 



No. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL. 



Published monthly 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 Governor General. 

 Honorary Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Robbkt Borden. 



Honorary Past Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid 

 Laurier. 



President, Mr. F. C Whitm.v.v. 

 Vice-President, Mu. J, B. Millkr. 



Treasurer, Miss M. Robinson ) Journal Building, 

 Hon. Secretar>', 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, 

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

 Ellwood Wilson, Senator Bostock, G. C. Piehl, 

 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. 

 New Brunswick: — Hon. George J. Clarke. 

 Nora 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. 



Editorial 33 



Rolatioii of Forestry to National Deve- 



^"l"'H'iit 35 



Making Known Canada's Playgrounds 40 



Novel Fire Notice 40 



Flowers and Forests 40 



Obituary 41 



Exporting Christmas Trees 42 



Railway Fire Protection 43 



Forest Insects in British Columbia... 4.3 



Birds, care of 4;} 



With the Forest Engineers.... 44 



Seeking New Markets 40 



Game in New Brunswick Forests. ... 40 



EDITORIAL. 



His Royal Highness the Governor- 

 General has graciously consented to 

 act as Patron of the Canadian Fores- 

 try Association for the year 1915-16. 



Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, !\Tinis- 

 ter of Lands, Forests and ]\Iines for 

 Ontario, and Hon. George J. Clarke, 

 ]\Iinister of Lands and Mines for New 

 Brunswick have accepted office as 

 Provincial Vice-Presidents of the As- 

 sociation for Ontario and New 

 Brunswick, respectively. 



So many relatives and friends of 

 members of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association are now on the firing line 

 in p]nrope, or on the way tliither, 

 that no excuse is made for iiududing 

 an announcement from the Postmas- 

 ter-General in regard to letters ad- 

 dressed to men at the front. The 

 first announcement is tliat the ordin- 

 ary rate per ounce on letters going 

 to the United Kingdom will apply to 

 letters addressed to Canadian and 

 T^>ritish troops on the Continent, in- 



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