Preface to Second Edition. 
The history of the settlement of Indiana has been a history of 
forest destruction. About fifty years ago a few thoughtful men called 
our attention to the necessity of forest conservation, but it was not — 
until 1901 when the first State Forestry law was passed that there 
was any public effort made in the direction of a constructive forest 
policy. 
That an active constructive forest policy is needed in Indiana no 
informed person will deny. This must and can come only by a 
process of education. The subject of forestry must be taught in our 
schools to a greater extent than at present. In its report for 1911 
the State Board of Forestry included a treatise on the Trees of 
Indiana. When this report of 10,000 copies was issued, it was antic- 
ipated that the supply would prove inadequate, and for this reason 
the part relating to the Trees of Indiana was plated so that additional 
editions could be issued as desired. As expected, the first edition 
was speedily exhausted. Funds have not been available until the 
present for a reprint of this treatise. 
The present publication is a reprint of that part of the 1911 report, 
to which are added a few notes and corrections. It will be known as 
bulletin No. 3 of the Indiana State Board of Forestry. The first 
and second annual reports of the State Board of Forestry were desig- 
nated respectively as bulletins No. 1 and 2. Since then, the reports 
have been entitled Reports with the year designated. 
RICHARD LIEBER, 
Secretary, State Board of Forestry. 
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