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pursue the subject further on account of the interesting reading matter which it sup- 

 plies. To all such we would recommend the publication entitled "The Forester; 

 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Arboriculture and Forestry, the Care and Use of 

 Forests and Forest Trees, and Related Subjects." The Forester is the official organ 

 of the American Forestry Association, which, by the way, should receive an applica- 

 tion for membership from everyone in the United States and Canada, man or woman, 

 who is at all' interested in these matters. The price of The Forester is one dollar a 

 year. Address, No. 1 1 7 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C. Membership in the 

 American Forestry Association costs two dollars a year, including a copy of The 

 Forester. Address, George P. Whittlesey, Secretary, Washington, D. C. 



The American Forestry Association was organized in 1882. Since then it has 

 held annual conventions in the principal cities of the United States and Canada, at 

 each of which numerous papers were read and discussed, all of them interesting and 

 valuable contributions to this class of literature. Addresses, also, were made by 

 distinguished citizens, and by persons prominent in the forestry movement, which 

 owes its inception in this country to the earnest, disinterested work of the Association. 

 The proceedings of each annual meeting, together with the papers read on each occa- 

 sion, have been published by the Association in the form of annual reports. Any 

 forestry library would be incomplete without a set of these reports, and anyone in 

 quest of reading matter will find them interesting and instructive. 



The Pennsylvania Forestry Association, also, has for many years published a 

 periodical entitled "Forest Leaves" ($1 per year), which is recommended to all 

 whether a resident of that State or not. Address, Pennsylvania Forestry Association, 

 25 North Juniper Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



A course of reading on this subject should include, also, the publications of the 

 Forestry Division, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, pre- 

 pared by Dr. B. E. Fernow,* former chief of that division, and by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, 

 Forester, who is now at the head of that bureau. These publications may be 

 obtained on application through the mails, so far as they still may be in print. 



In addition to the pamphlets and department bulletins referred to, the following 

 text books are recommended for study or perusal : 



" Elements of Forestry." F. B. Hough. Cincinnati, 188?. 12 . 



" Outlines of Forestry." E.J.Houston. Philadelphia, 1893. 12 . 



" Forest Planting." H. N. Jarchow. New York, 1893. 12°. 



" Studies in Forestry." J. Nisbet. Oxford (England), 1894. 8°. 



"The Earth as Modified by Human Action." G. P. Marsh. New York, 1874. 8°. 



"The Adirondack Spruce." William F. Fox. Albany, 1895. 8 Q . f 



* Professor of Forestry, Cornell University. f Out of print. 



