LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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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 . 1 1 



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



9. Nature's Methods are Wastefnl 13 



10. Even Spruce is made to "clean " itself 1.3 



11. " Leaders " on White Pine and Balsam Id 



12. Longleaf Pine 21 



13. Too Dry for Forest 2.3 



14. Too Much Water kills 27 



1.5. Used to Water 29 



16. Cypress Swami) 31 



17. Palmetto 33 



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



19 a. Coppice Woods 42 



19 b. Coppice Woods 43 



20. Stump and Sprouts 47 



21. The Wrong Way to cut the Stumps 49 



22. The Right A\'ay to cut the Stumps 49 



23. A Little Light starts Young Growth 5.") 



24. Young Growth of AVhite Pine under Old Seed Trees ()7 



25. Natural Seeding from the Side 73 



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



27. Drill Board si 



28. Seed Beds s;! 



29. vSeedlings sii 



30. Planting in Old liurned-over Slash Laud iii Adiiouilacks ... 87 



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