THE 



ELEMENTS OF FORESTKY 



DESIGNED TO AFFOED INFOKMATION CONCERNING THE 

 PLANTING AND CAKE OF FOREST TREES 



FOR ORNAMENT OR PROFIT 



AKD GIVING SUGGESTIONS UPON 



THE CEEATION MD CARE OF WOODLANDS 



WITH THE VIEW OF SECURING THE GREATEST BENEFIT FOR 



THE LONGEST TIME, PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO THE 



WANTS AND CONDITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 



BY 



FEANKLIN B. HOUGH, PhD 



Chief of Forestry Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 Member of the American Philosophical Society, etc. 



CINCINNATI 

 ROBERT CLARKE & CO 



1882 



