CONTENTS. 



PAOR. 



The Past and Present Forest of Ontario. — The Writer's Experience. — Danger of Fire to 



Remaining Forest 1 



The Mechanism of a Tree 16 



How Moisture is Retained in Forests 18 



The Great Natural System which Gives Rain in Due Season 20 



Dew 26 



Marshal Vaillant's Experiments SO 



Connection of Forests with Production of Rain 31 



Herschel on Radiation 32 



Dr. Bryce on Forests and Rainfall 35 



The Lessons of History and some Contemporary Evidence 38 



Statements Collated from the Works of Distinguished Writers on the Subject 40 



Forests and their Management in other Countries 71 



Experiments in Planting in the States and Canada, and Directions Founded thereon. ; . . . 98 



Report of the Hon. H. J. Joly 113 



The Heights of Land in Ontario , 122 



The Great Forest to our North-east 124 



Protection from Fire 125 



The North- West Territory of Ontario 127 



The Position in which Forests would Best Affect the Ontario Climate 128 



Trees by the Roadside 129 



A Word on the Present Amoant of Forest in Ontario 129 



The Possible Profits 131 



Ravages of Fire 134 



The Pine Lumber Remaining 135 



Forest Existing in Ontario Counties 136 



Map of Heights of Land in Ontario — opposite page 122. 

 Map of Forests — opposite page 136. 



