INDEX TO CHAPTERS 



CHAPTER I.— A MUTILATED LAND:— 



Primeval America; glorious forests; lakes and rivers; 

 protected springs and streams; the magnificent prairies; forests 

 of the North; the trees of the Rockies, the Sierras and the 

 Western Slope; the swift, needless and terrible destruction 

 wrought by man. 



The Restoration — Aided By Nature, by the United States 

 and State Governments and by individuals. 

 CHAPTER II.— THE MISSION OF THE CONIFERS. 



Their freshness and cheerfulness; storm in the_ Rockies: 

 intent of the tree: first beauty, next use. The Winter Foliage 

 Garden; formal plantings; the Thurlow farm; Prof. Green's for- 

 ests; topiary work in Nebraska; the Hunnewell Italian Garden; 

 Evergreen shrubs; Berberis Repens. 



CHAPTER III.— EVERGREENS FOR PROFIT. 



Impatient American - farmers; our foreign born farmer* 

 ahead; the waste of unplanted land; sandy land made produc- 

 tive; value of forests; of wind breaks and of individual trees; 

 evergreen barns. 



CHAPTER rv.— RAISING EVERGREENS FROM SEEDS. 



Difference between nursery grown and collected trees; plant 

 kinds adapted to your locality; and those that can be easily 

 grown; Ponderosa an exception; better without a screen; the 

 right kind of soil; the high and low screens; trees grown from 

 western slope seed worthless; seed from eastern slope' of the 

 Rockies desirable; raise trees from seed grown nearest to you; 

 clamping off and the remedies; making lath sections; grafting 

 and raising from cuttings. 



CHAPTER v.— DIGGING AND HANDLING EVERGREENS. 



Little evergreens truthful "tell-tales;" difference in han- 

 dling and packing; Mr. Ws methods; trees must be cleated 

 solid; case of Jack Pines; wet feet and dry tops In shipping; 

 how to treat trees on arrival; when to plant and how; the 

 ball of earth. 



