WHERE TREES GROW, THERE HUMAN 

 SYMPATHY LINGERS. 



Practical Forestry. 



A Book for the Student and for all who are practically 

 interested, and for the General Reader. By Prof. John 

 GiFFORD, New York State College of Forestry, Cornell 

 University. Illustrated. i2mo. Cloth, $1.20 net ; pjost- 

 age, 12 cents additional. 



The recent establishment of the Bureau of Forestry at Wash- 

 ington, the steps taken in different States for forest protection, 

 and the movement for national forest reservations which began a 

 few years since, are tangible evidences of the increasing interest 

 in a subject of immediate and general importance. The need of 

 popular information regarding this subject, presented in a form 

 comprehensive and practical but interesting, has prompted Pro- 

 fessor Gifford to prepare this book. It is based u])on actual 

 experience as well as scientific knowledge, and also upon an 

 acqaintance with the needs of the many different classes of those 

 interested in the forests for economic or partially sentimental 

 reasons. 



The author explains simply and clearly the points of practical 

 interest relating to soil, growth of trees, their care, their relation 

 to the water supply, the evils of wholesale cutting, and the prac- 

 tical value of judicious selection. He places before the reader, 

 in his sketch of forest distribution, a most interesting picture of 

 American woodlands, which emphasizes the importance of a 

 source not only of wealth, but of safety, much neglected in past 

 years. 



Aside from the value of this book to special students and to 

 those interested in the forests for economic reasons, the work is 

 full of suggestions to owners of country homes and to all who 

 care for nature. 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. 



