A FOREWORD. 



The great demand for forest literature has led the Michigan Forestry Com- 

 mission to make this reprint of certain important contributions to the last 

 report to the governor, the supply of the formal reports required by statute 

 having been exhausted. The papers selected for this brief compilation are 

 placed here as a result of a large correspondence involving a great many 

 interrogations with regard to the details of forestry in our state. The 

 papers incorporated in this pamphlet will answer a good manj^ of these ques- 

 tions and we have taken the liberty to add some new matter which will give 

 important facts brought to the front under the suggestion of the newly 

 organized Michigan Forestry Association. The Forestry Commission has 

 drawn quite heavily upon the resources of its Forest Warden, Prof. Fili- 

 bert Roth, in putting together the forest contributions to this little volume. 



We desire to make our small appropriation go as far as possible in meeting 

 the demands upon our resources, and we respectfully ask any person who 

 shall be fortunate enough to be a recipient of this pamphlet, to pass it on 

 and enable it to reach as many inquiring people as possible. 



THE MICHIGAN FORESTRY COMMISSION. 



