CONTENTS 



PART I 



I. INTRODUCTORY 3 



II. PRESENT CONDITION OF THE FORESTS , . 8 



III. RESTORATION AND TREATMENT OF FORESTS ... 14 



IV. ARTIFICIAL RESTORATION 22 



V. FOREST DEMANDS 31 



VI. DIFFICULTIES OF REFORESTATION 38 



VII. PLANTING THE FOREST 43 



VIII. WHERE AND WHAT TO PLANT 49 



IX. WHEN TO HARVEST ......... 53 



X. THE WOODLOT . 68 



XI. LlFE-HlSTORY OF A TREE 63 



XII. CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTER OF WOOD ... 79 



XIII. THE FOREST NURSERY 87 



XIV, THE TRANSPLANT NURSERY Ill 



XV. HOW TO CARE FOR AND WHEN TO SOW FOREST SEEDS 115 



XVI. TAP-ROOT 119 



XVII. WHEN TO PLANT TREES IN THE FOREST . . .121 



XVIII. SPACING TREES IN THE FOREST 123 



XIX. WILL PLANTING FORESTS EVER BECOME PROFITABLE ? 126 



PART II 



THE PINES 133 



THE SPRUCES ... 178 



