PREFACE. 



This short treatise upon the Diseases of 

 Forest Trees requires from me no prefatory 

 remarks. It is addressed to the Landowners 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, in the hope 

 that it may lead to the advancement of 

 Forestry. 



CHARLES E. CURTIS. 



26, Gledstanes Road, 

 West Kensingtofif W., March '/, i8g2. 



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