OUTLINES OF FORESTRY. 



I. FORESTRY. 



THE science of forestry not only treats of the 

 care and preservation of those parts of the earth 

 that are covered with trees, but also of the means 

 best suited to the replanting of the areas from 

 which the trees have been removed. 



If nature is let alone she will cover any por- 

 tion of the earth where vegetable life is possible 

 with the particular kind of vegetation best fitted 

 to grow under the existing conditions of soil, heat, 

 light, and moisture. 



Nature will, therefore, cover with forest all por- 

 tions of the earth where forests are best fitted to 

 exist. 



It may then be asked, on what does the science 

 of forestry rest ? "Why not leave nature alone ? 

 Such questions arise from a misunderstanding of 

 what forestry endeavors to accomplish. Forestry 



