CONTENTS 



PAGE 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT vii 



FOREWORD ix 



CHAPTER 



I. THE TREE MASTERPIECE OF THE PLANT WORLD ... 3 



II. How TREES GROW n 



III. THE FOREST 25 



IV. THE FORESTS OF LONG AGO 37 



V. FORESTS OF THE WORLD . , 49 



VI. FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES ........ 61 



VII. WHAT FORESTRY Is 73 



VIII. How THE FORESTER WORKS . , 85 



IX. FORESTRY IN THE UNITED STATES 97 



X. OUR NATIONAL FORESTS m 



XI. How THE FORESTS HELP MANKIND ....... 123 



XII. WOOD GREATEST GIFT OF THE FOREST 133 



XIII. WHERE OUR PAPER COMES FROM 147 



XIV. OTHER GIFTS OF THE FOREST 157 



XV. FORESTS AND WILD LIFE 167 



XVI. FOREST ENEMIES 177 



XVII. FIRE THE GREAT DESTROYER 191 



XVIII. THE WAR AGAINST WOOD WASTE 205 



XIX. FORESTRY AND THE FARMER 217 



XX. INDUSTRIAL FORESTRY 227 



XXI. THE TASK AHEAD 239 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 249 



