Contents 



The Forests of America 



The Forests in Early Days 13 



The Log Cabin 16 



The First Sawmills 23 



The Economic Value of Forests 29 



The Forest To-Day 34 



The Tree and How it Lives 



The Tree 41 



How the Tree Grows 45 



How Nature Plants the Tree 50 



The Tree and the Forest 56 



The Tree's Life In Youth 59 



The Tree's Life In Old Age 64 



The Tree and How it Dies 



Why the Tree Dies 71 



Storms and Winds in the Forest 73 



The Diseases of Trees 75 



Forest Insects 79 



Forest Fires 82 



Floods and the Forest 89 



How to Know the Trees 



Some Things the Trees Give 97 



Arbor Day 100 



The Beauty of Trees 103 



The White Pine 108 



The Red Spruce 112 



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