432 United States. 



ventured into the world as a private enterprise, edited 

 by Dr. Hough, soon after the Forestry Congress in Cin- 

 cinnati, but it survived just one year, vanishing for lack 

 of readers. This was followed by irregularly appearing 

 Forestry Bulletins, of which the writer prepared four 

 under the aegis of the American Forestry Association. 



In 1886, the Pennsylvania Forestry Association began 

 the publication of a bi-monthly journal, Forest Leases, 

 which has persisted to this day. In 1905, Dr. John Gif- 

 f ord launched another bi-monthly, the New Jersey For- 

 ester, soon to change its name to The Forester, and 

 under that name, three years later, taken over by the 

 American Forestry Association, continued as Forestry 

 and Irrigation and now as Conservation. Now, half a 

 dozen or more similar publications emanate from the 

 various State Associations. In this connection there 

 should not be forgotten the journal. Garden and Forest, 

 edited by Professor C. S. Sargent, which for ten years, 

 from 1888 to 1897, did much to enlighten the public on 

 forestry matters. 



Some provision for technical education was made 

 long before opportunity for its application had arisen, 

 and, indeed, before any professional foresters were in 

 existence to do the teaching. The new doctrine attracted 

 the attention of educational institutions, and the desire 

 to assist in the popular movement led to the introduc- 

 tion of the subject, at least by name, into their curricula; 

 the professor of botany or of horticulture, adding "for- 

 estry" to his title, and explaining in a few lectures the 

 objects, and, as far as he knew them, the methods of 

 forestry; or, at least some lectures on dendrology and 

 forest geography were introduced in the botanical 



