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PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 



to stand as equals before the nations of the earth, whiie she is imposed upon 

 by all. 



Instance Germany, France, and other continental nations, whose forests 

 are protected and made to aid in her manufacturing industries, and note the 

 higher civilization of these people. 



Observe the world power of ancient Israel, in the time of Kings David 

 and Solomon, and her forest wealth, the ten millions of people supported by 

 the soil of Palestine, and compare this with the same region in its degradation 

 at the present time its total absence of forests, and poverty of soil. 



But we wish to show the condition of Korea, the Hermit Kingdom ; a 

 land without forests, a people enslaved by other powers, and to trace a con- 

 nection between these two conditions. 



DEVIL POST BY ROADSIDE, KOREA 



The twelve million Koreans occupy 85.000 square miles of land. 140 

 inhabitants to the square mile a far denser population than Europe, or all 

 of Asia. 



There are some trees in Korea, standing upon the hilltops, where rest the 

 bones of her ancestry. The religious observation of an ancient custom, the 

 preservation of ancestral graves, and veneration for the dead, has caused 

 them to refrain from disturbing the trees upon these sites, and alone preserved 

 them from destruction. 



