PREFACE 



remaining parts of American forestry which I have treated hereto- 

 fore, by six books or publications, in a similar manner, are analysed 

 in the following schedule: 



A. Public Forestry, or forestry by the people, treated as 

 Part I, Forest Policy, 



B. Private Forestry, or forestry for the owTier, treated as 

 Part II, Forest Utilization, the art of logging and lumbering. 

 Part III, Forest Finance, the art of financial calculations in 



forestry. 

 Part IV, Forest Protection, the art of protecting the woods 



against damage by fire, insects, fungi, etc. 

 Part V, Forest Mensuration, the art of estimating timber, 



of measuring the growth of the trees, and of 



lumber inspection. 

 Part VI, Forest Management, the art of forest working 



plans. 



The last part is, then, 

 Part VII, Sylviculture, the art of the second growth. 



May the new issue of the present book on Sylviculture find with 

 the American lumberman and with his forester a better reception 

 than that accorded to the original edition! And may it assist in 

 the redemption of the American Forests! 



C. A. SCHENCK. 



