PKEFACE 



In a word, forestry interests us here be- 

 cause, having already obtained a foothold in 

 our country, through it forest beauty stands 

 on the threshold of a new relationship. This 

 relationship, which is to grow more intimate 

 with time, appears to justify a certain dis- 

 crimination in the choice of the trees and 

 forests herein described, and an occasional 

 reference to some of the less technical mat- 

 ters of forestry that may incidentally suggest 

 themselves as being of some interest to the 

 general reader. To have attempted more than 

 this would have detracted from the unity of 

 the subject. While the reader may, there- 

 fore, find in these pages some facts that are 

 new to him, he will notice that these facts have 

 been made subordinate to the leading object 

 of the book, an appreciation of the esthetic 

 value of some of our commonest forest trees. 



The illustrations have been derived from 

 various sources. The plates facing pages 38, 

 58, 62, 64, 66, 116, 120, 130, are reproductions 

 from original photographs that were furnished 



