CONTENTS. 



Preface 

 Chapter 



I. — The Meaning and Importance of Forestry 

 II.— The Life- Story of a Tree 



III.— The Forest 



IV.— The Value of Forests 

 V. — Forests and Climate ... 

 VI. — Undergrowth and Humus 

 VIL— Fires and their Cost ... 



VIII. — Sylviculture 



IX. — Forest Management ... 



X. — Western Australian Trees 

 XI. — Some Curious Forest Plants 

 XII. — Growing Trees from Seeds and Seedlings 

 XIII. — Birds and Forestry ... 

 XIV. — Insects and Forestry 

 XV. — Animals of the Forest 



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Appendix I. — Measuring Logs 



„ II. — The Forest Service of W.A., and the Training of Foresters 



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