X. Introduction. 



and use, and to become their own foresters with every reasonable chance 

 of success. 



At first it was the author's intention to issue this work in the usual 

 way through a publisher, but seeing difficulties in the way of its general 

 distribution, the matter was laid before the Forest Board, offering the 

 MS. on the condition that it be printed at the expense of the Govern- 

 ment and issued gratuitously. This suggestion the members of the 

 Forest Board at once adopted. 



With these few introductory remarks the author commits his small 

 work to the public, and trusts that many will find useful hints in its 

 pages ; and if only a few will be induced thereby to plant trees on their 

 land, he will feel more than repaid for the labor expended upon it. 



Fores't Board Office, Adelaide, 

 March, 1881. 



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