LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



1. In the Woods Frontispiece 



2. Beech Woods 3 



3. The " Long-Bodied " Oak of the Forest 5 



4. The " Short-Bodied " Tree of the Open 7 



5. Badly Healed Knot . 9 



6. The "Blaze " as it appeared when first made 10 



7. The Blaze " partly healed over, as it appeared seven years ago . 11 



8. The " Blaze " just covered, as it looks now 12 



9. Nature's Methods are Wasteful 13 



10. Even Spruce is made to "clean " itself 15 



11. "Leaders" on White Pine and Balsam 19 



12. Longleaf Pine 21 



13. Too Dry for Forest 25 



14. Too Much Water kills 27 



15. Used to Water 29 



16. Cypress Swamp 31 



17. Palmetto 33 



18. Coniferous Forests alone climb our High Mountain Ranges . . 39 



19 a. Coppice Woods .42 



19 b. Coppice Woods . . 43 



20. Stump and Sprouts 47 



21. The Wrong W^ ay to cut the Stumps 49 



22. The Right Way to cut the Stumps 49 



23. A Little Light starts Young Growth 55 



24. Young Growth of White Pine under Old Seed Trees ..... 67 



25. Natural Seeding from the Side 73 



26. White-Pine Cone, Seed, and Seedling '..... 77 



27. Drill Board 81 



28. Seed Beds 83 



29. Seedlings 86 



30. Planting in Old Burned-over Slash Land in Adirondack^ ... 87 



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