CONTENTS. 



PAGES. 



ilntroduction, . 1-12 



Part I. 



The Forests of New Jersey. By C. C. Vermeule. 



IPhysical Condition of Forests of New Jersey 13-43 



Distribution of Forests, 15-16 



Area of Forest by Counties, 16-18 



Changes in Forest Area 18-19 



Changes in Physical Condition, . 19-23 



Value of Forest Product, 23-25 



Value of Standing Timber 25-28 



Range in Sizes of Standing Timber, 28-29 



Large Trees 29-32 



Relative Productiveness of Topographic Divisions 32-34 



Growth of Trees 34-37 



Influence of Moisture, 37-39 



Forest Fires, 39-41 



Forest Management 41-43 



T~ield Notes of Forest Conditions 45-101 



Introduction and Classification 45-46 



Northeastern Highlands, 46-67 



Southwestern Highlands 67-76 



Passaic Valley, 76-80 



Watchung Mountains 80-83 



Hackensack Valley 83-87 



Palisades Mountain, . . - 87-88 



Remainder of Glaciated Red Sandstone 88-89 



Unglaciated Red Sandstone 89-95 



Pines Belt — Northwest Border, 95-100 



Fires in the Pine Forest loo-ioi 



The Effects of Fire. By Gifford Pinchot, 103-108 



Damage to Standing Trees 103-104 



Effect on Cedar Swamps 104 



Injury to Young Growth, 104 



Injury to the Soil, 104 



Moral Effect of Fires on Population, 107-108 



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