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tinued civilization impossible without trees Encourage- 

 ment already afforded Protection against blizzards 

 Former tree-growth on the prairies Relation of rain- 

 fall to tree-growth Large groves now growing in West- 

 ern Kansas and Nebraska As prairie-fires are stopped 

 trees grow Hill-sides and mountain-slopes from which 

 forests have been cut should be clothed with trees again 

 These are the sources of the streams Of little value 

 for tillage purposes, but the appropriate home of the 

 trees Value of forest property all the while increasing 

 Need of planting in California Stony, sandy, and swampy 

 lands best utilized by planting with trees Example of 

 planting on Cape Cod Example, also, of Messrs. Fay, at 

 Lynn and Wood's Holl Trees do not exhaust but improve 

 land Estimated profits of tree-planting Planting along 

 railroads for snow-breaks and to supply ties Trees 

 cheaper than snow-plows Consumption of forests by 

 railroads Planting on street-borders Fruit-trees by the 

 road-side. . 21 



III. 

 WHAT TO PLANT. 



No general answer Determined by the special object in 

 planting Also determined by locality By soil Quick- 

 growing trees or slow Influence of temperature Na- 

 tive trees first Plant such as are found growing near 

 the planter Nature a sure guide to choice Experiment 

 with others afterward Our country rich in variety of 



