COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



PRELIMINARY REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMISSIONER OF FORESTRY 



FOR 1896. 



ALSO MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON FORESTRY CONTAINED IN ANNUAL REPORT, 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOR 1896, 



BY J. T. ROTHROCK," M. D., 



COMMISSIONER OF FORESTRY. 



CLARENCE M. BUSCH, 



STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

 1897- 



