EEFOEESTATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The first bulletin issued from this department on the subject 

 of reforestation was published in 1910 by R. S. Langdell, assist- 

 ant to State Forester Rane. This bulletin becoming quickly 

 exhausted, a second edition with slight additions was offered 

 in 1913. Only a few copies of the second edition now remain. 



The present edition is undertaken for the purpose of bringing 

 our experience and practice up to date, after having observed 

 during the last ten years the trees grown in experimental plan- 

 tations and the effects produced by soil and location in differ- 

 ent parts of the State. 



While experiments are still in progress we have come to pin 

 our faith more and more to the cone-bearing species, to the 

 elimination of deciduous trees. We must develop a forest that 

 shall be as nearly as possible gypsy-moth proof, as well as 

 immune to destructive disease. To this end we have recom- 

 mended in the following pages only the trees that, up to the 

 present time, have stood the test. 



Inasmuch as the average landowner is more interested in the 

 actual reclaiming of the land than in nursery practice, less 

 space has been devoted in the present bulletin to the forest 

 nursery, and greater emphasis is placed on the handling of 

 young trees in the plantation. To those wishing to establish 

 a forest nursery we recommend government Bulletin No. 76, 

 which may be obtained for a small sum by writing to the 

 Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. The bul- 

 letin in hand will give the general principles of this phase of 

 the work, but is intended primarily for those who have pur- 

 chased nursery stock from the Commonwealth, or from some 

 of the many reliable nursery firms doing business throughout 

 the State. 



