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manage a forest with a view both to profit and to 

 the beautification of its landscapes, although usu- 

 ally one or the other of these objects will suffer. 

 Something like this is done, for instance, in a por- 

 tion of the celebrated Biltmore forest in North 

 Carolina. But landscape gardening is an art min- 

 istering to the luxury of the well-to-do. Its object 

 is beauty. Forestry deals with one of the first 

 necessities of life ; its only end is usefulness. 



We have enumerated the most important ends 

 which private parties may have in view when 

 they become owners of woodlands. In every case 

 they hold such property for their own benefit, 

 either to derive a profit from 'harvesting the pro- 

 ducts of the forest, or in the expectation of deriving 

 an advantage to some other business in which they 

 may be engaged. The methods pursued by them 

 in the management of their forests are decided by 

 the question, What will pay the best ? No method 

 of forestry ever will be adopted by private owners 

 unless, directly or indirectly, it pays in dollars 

 and cents. ^ 



The private owners of woodlands, however, are 

 not the only parties interested in the rational treat- 

 ment of the forests of North America. The entire 

 public, and the federal, state, and local governments 

 as its representatives, has the deepest possible con- 

 cern in this subject, for on skilful forestry depends 

 the supply of one of the greatest necessities of 

 civilized life, and with improper forestry methods 

 several of our most important industries must 



