INTRODUCTION. 



THE Americans are a people who love the beautiful, and yet, strange to say, they have 

 destroyed the trees, which are among the grandest objects of all nature. This, 

 however, has not been intentionally done. The pioneers made war on trees, slaughtered 

 them, burnt them up and got rid of them the easiest and quickest way they could devise. 

 To a certain extent, this was excusable, as the land was needed for other purposes. 

 Thousands now regret that they did not preserve some of the giants of the native forests. 

 The majestic elm in this photograph is one of them. What would you give to have it in 

 vour vard? 



Our people now deeply deplore the mistakes that have been made, and are spending 

 millions of dollars annually, in the hope of establishing sufficient shade and fruit trees 

 for the requirements of man and beast. In spite of all their noble efforts they are meet- 

 ing defeat on every hand. The whole trouble is traceable to two oversights. It was my 

 intention, five years ago, to point out these facts and the accompanying evils in a lec- 

 ture, by the aid of the stereopticon ; but I saw that a thousand persons in that work could 

 not reach the masses in ten years. Then I thought I would write for some papers, but 



