CONTENTS. xiii 



Part m. 

 The Role of Insects in the Forest. By John B. Smith. 



PAGES. 



Introduction 205 



Foliage-Destroying Insects, 205-208 



Galls on Trees, 208-210 



Scale Insects, 210-211 



Borers, 211-222 



Insects in Dead Wood, 222-228 



Care of Forests and Protection Against Insects 228-232 



I^art IV. 



Forestal Conditions and Silvicultural Prospects of the Coastal Plain of New 

 Jersey. By John Gifford. 



I. General Description, 235-263 



Boundaries — Life-Zones — Soil 235-238 



The Plains, . 238-241 



The Pine Barrens 241-244 



The Swamp Lands, 244-248 



The Salt Marshes, ... 248-250 



The Coastal Dunes 250-252 



Historical Notes, 252-257 



Forest Industries, . ; . . . 257-263 



II. Forest Policy and Silvicultural Suggestions, 265-292 



Forest Policy 265-276 



Silvicultural Suggestions, . , 276-292 



III. Parts of Europe Similar to Southern New Jersey, . . . 293-318 



General Statement 293-295 



The Belgian Campine, ..._... . . 296-302 



The Dunes and Landes of Gascony, . 302-309 



The Banat Sand-Desert of Southern Hungary, 309-311 



The Liineburg and Other Adjacent Heath and Moor Lands, 31 1-3 16 



Forestry in Denmark .... 316-318 



Index, 321-327 



