THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



planting, and the lessons of past failures 

 and successes, with the whole subject of 

 nursery work and the care of young planta- 

 tions, must by no means be overlooked. 



Much incidental information on the sub- 

 ject of forest protection will come to the 

 student in the course of his studies, but 

 special attention should be given to learn- 

 ing which of the species of forest insects are 

 most injurious to forest vegetation, how 

 their attacks are made, how they may be dis- 

 covered, and the best ways by which such 

 attacks can be mitigated or controlled. So 

 also the diseases of timber trees will repay 

 hard study. The principal fungi which 

 causes such diseases should be known, how 

 they attack the trees, and what are the reme- 

 dies, as well as (although this is far less 

 important) the way to treat tree wounds and 

 the correct methods of pruning. 



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