ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



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PLATE I. Burned area in need of reforestation Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1 Site of forest ruined by destructive lumbering and fire. 

 Fig. 2 Five-year-old stand of western yellow pine, result of direct 

 seeding 8 



III. Fig. 1 Drying and opening western yellow-pine cones. Fig. 2 



Interior of drying room 16 



IV. Fig. 1 Cone shaker. Fig. 2 Shaking cones a second time and burn- 



ing them 24 



V. Fig. 1 Seed-fanning mill. Fig. 2 Cones of western yellow pine 



being run through a steam grain separator 24 



VI. Fig. 1 Direct seeding of Douglas fir. Fig. 2 Seed-spot sowing 32 



VII. Four common rodents destructive to tree seed 36 



TEXT FIGURES. 



FIG. 1. Range of Douglas fir, and areas of seed crop, 1909 and 1910 14 



2. Range of western yellow pine, and areas of seed crop, 1909 and 1910. . . 15 



3. Plan of seed-drying house 21 



4. Mount Hebo, showing area sown, Siuslaw National Forest 45 



5. Custer Peak Experimental Area No. 1, Black Hills National Forest. ... 49 



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