IMPORTANT FORESTRY BOOKS 



ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY 



By Frederick Franklin Moon, B. A., M. F., Professor of Forest 

 Engineering, and Nelson Courtlandt Brown, B. A., M. F., Professor 

 of Forest Utilization — New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse. 



Covers, in an elementary manner, the general subject of Forestry. 

 Begins with a brief history and chaj^ters on the Tree and Silvics, and 

 Treats of such subjects as Management, Improvement Cuttings, Artificial 

 Regeneration, Forest Protection and Forest Mensuration; Lumbering, 

 Wood, Utilization, Technology and Preservation, Forest Economics 

 and Finance. Will prove a useful book to all making an introductory 

 study of forestry and to all foresters as a good general book of reference. 



392 pages, 6x9, illustrated with half-tone plates, reproduced from 

 photographs, and those obtained from the Forest Service. Cloth, $2.00 net. 



MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD 



By Samuel J. Record, M. A., M. F., Assistant Professor of Forest 

 Products, Yale University. 



Throughout this book the intention has been to make the subject- 

 matter readily available to every one interested in wood. It is divided 

 into three parts, as follows: 



Part I. Fundamental Considerations and Definitions, Strength and 

 Toughness, etc. 



Part II. Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties of Wood. 



Part III. Timber Testing. 

 The Appendix contains sample working plans and tables of strengths 

 of various woods. There is a copious bibliography. 



165 pages, 6 x 9, 52 figures, 22 tables. Cloth, $1.75 net. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR 



IDENTIFICATION OF THE ECONOMIC 

 WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES 



A very useful book for those interested in the study and identification 

 of wood. 117 pages, 6x9, 15 figures. Cloth, $1.25 net. 



STUDIES OF TREES (In Book Form) 



By J. J. Levison, M. F., Lecturer on Ornamental and Shade Trees, Yale 

 University, Forester to the Department of Parks, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Gives the most important facts concerning the identification, struc- 

 ture and uses of our more common trees, and considers their habits, 

 enemies, and care, both when growing alone, and when growing in groups 

 or forests. 253 pages, 5}4 x 7H, 155 figures. Cloth, $1.60 net. 



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