CONTENTS. 



PART I. — Forest Culture^ 



CHAPTER I. 

 Introductory Remarks 9 



CHAPTER II. 

 Importance of Forest Cultui-e 15 



CHAPTER III. 

 Proportion of the Woodel Lands of a Country to its Total Area 19 



CHAPTER IV. 



Relations of the Govei-nment to Forests— Protective Forests 33 



CHAPTER V. 

 Governmental Assistance to Forest Culture — Estahlishment of 



Forest Schools for Training Foresters 39 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Forest Planting— Preparatory and Precautionary Measures 36 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Methods of Culture and their Success _ 38 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Cultivation of the Soil _ 41 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Drainage and Inigation.- 43 



CHAPTER X. 

 Selection of Trees _ 47 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Various Systems of Forest Management 54 



CHAPTER XII. 



Raising Forest Trees by Natural Repi-oduction • 64 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Collection and Treatment of Seeds for Forest-Trees _ 68 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 Raising Forest Trees by Seeding.. 74 



CHAPTER XV. 

 Planting Forest Trees __ 90 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The Care of Young Plantations 109 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Protection of Forests against Animals and Elemental Forces ' 118 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 The Conversion of the Wild or Natural Woods into Cultivated 



Forests — ^What the American Forester should do next 138 



