VI 



THE ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF 

 EUROPE 



TO some of us, in this age of travel, 

 the forests of Europe have be- 

 come as familiar as our own. As 

 scenic objects they have their faults 

 and their excellences. While we ap- 

 preciate their order and neatness, and 

 the beautiful effects that may arise out 

 of the subordination of all components 

 of the forest to one main purpose, we 

 Americans always miss in them the 

 freshness of nature. 



These forests, as they now stand, 

 are the result of a long-continued ap- 

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