must come through study if women hope to 

 effect anything worthy their effort. 



Let us learn something about trees how 

 they grow; the names of different species as 

 an introduction to becoming better acquainted, 

 especially those that clothe the high moun- 

 tain slopes, where grand forest trees have 

 room to lift up their protecting branches above 

 the little springs and rivulets then follow 

 the different families of trees to the lower 

 levels and out upon the plains; learn not only 

 their names, but all possible about them, their 

 habits of growth, how they mature their fruit, 

 their simple needs, etc. A close acquaintance 

 will ripen into a real, not affected, love, and 

 when we become really intelligent tree-lovers, 

 we shall more and more desire their protec- 

 tion, seeking it most earnestly in every pos- 

 sible way. exerting our influence in their be- 

 half with voters, tax-payers, owners of forests, 

 wood-cutters, lumbermen, and lumber mer- 

 chants, all, in fact, who have to do with the 

 grand forests in any way. 



DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS. 



Forests have been unwisely removed or de- 

 stroyed from several large regions of the old 

 world, notably in Italy, the Spanish Penin- 

 sula, France, portions of Germany, and the 

 two Scandinavian Peninsulas. These regions 

 were once clothed with dense forests of large 

 trees. 



"If nature is let alone, she will cover any 

 portion of the earth, where vegetable life is 

 possible, with the particular kinds of vegeta- 

 tion best fitted to grow under the existing 

 conditions of soil, heat, light, and moisture," 

 writes an eminent authority. But nature is 

 not allowed to do her normal work unhindered. 

 Many conditions and objects are inimical to 

 the growth of trees, such as parasites and 



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