3. 



The importance and value of the flora which it is proposed to 

 prepare will be recognized when it is understood that it is to be 

 made in connection with a study of the soil and rock formation and 

 geological history of the areas included as well as the forest con- 

 ditions and the fauna. 



In the forest study the distribution, character and condition 

 of the forest trees and ground cover, and the natural and artificial 

 influences and conditions that are repponsible for this distribution 

 and condition are to be considered and from the information thus 

 gained it is to be determined how best to manage the material on 

 the grounds so that Nature will be assisted in the restoration of a 

 permanently good and attractive forest and ground cover. 



Any information as to the flora will have a direct bearing upon 

 this study. It should be distinctly the purpose in all these obser- 

 vations and notes on whatever lines directed, to determine as accura 

 tely as possible the present condition of and the present life and 

 its distribution on the reservations, and the reasons for this con- 

 dition and distribution so that a comparison may be made in the 

 years to come to determine how far an intelligent effort to prevent 

 the destruction of Nature's work will have changed the character 

 and present distribution, and added to the life upon these areas, 

 and also to study the directions and the reasons for any such changes 

 that may take place. 



With all this in view it will be desirable that particulars 

 like the following shall be noted in connection with the preparation 

 of the flora. 



