CONTENTS OF VOLUME I 



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General forestry - — 5 



General forestry literature 5 



Manuals of forestry 10 



Bibliographies 13 



Dictionaries 16 



Biographies 16 



Periodicals, current (through 1939) 19 



Discontinued 21 



Bulletins, circulars, etc . 24 



Annuals 29 



Proceedings and reports of associations, soci- 

 eties, and organizations 30 



Annual reports 34 



Comments on meetings.. 35 



Special reports and activities 38 



Official reports, State, city, and other organ 



izations 44 



Forest research 49 



Forestry research methods. 58 



The profession of forestry. 60 



Forestry education -— 67 



Forest schools 76 



Forestry extension 81 



Forestry in public schools 84 



Arbor Day and American Forest Week... 88 



Exhibits, museums 93 



Demonstration and research forests 94 



History and status of forestry 97 



Forestry in the States and possessions of the 



United States 100 



Forestry in Canada 111 



Forestry in foreign countries 113 



Forestry in the World War 119 



Forest botany 121 



Physiology 121 



Anatomy and morphology 127 



Dendrology 133 



Arboreta.. 140 



Phenology. .. 142 



Ecology 143 



Forest soil relations 151 



Forest soil biology 155 



Root development and relations 156 



Stem growth 158 



Light relations 159 



Weather and climatic relations 161 



Silvical characteristics 163 



Special description 163 



Conifers 171 



Hardwoods— 177 



Redwoods... . 181 



Exotics 183 



Forest distribution 187 



Prairies— origin and development 192 



Forest types 195 



Forest description 197 



Eastern United States 198 



Western United States 205 



Maska 209 



Canada 210 



Foreign 212 



K«ys, floras, and plant description 215 



North America 215 



Foreign 2?9 



Geologic history of trees 240 



Silviculture 212 



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Forest botany — Continued. Page 



Silviculture — Continued. 



Silviculture practices 248 



Woodlot silviculture 254 



Improvement of young stands... 261 



Pruning, artificial and natural 265 



Slash disposal 267 



Natural reproduction 273 



Forestation 280 



Reforestation 280 



Forest tree seed 309 



Nursery practice 317 



Direct seeding 323 



Windbreaks, shelterbelts 324 



Sand dune planting 337 



Forest management 339 



Tree introduction 355 



Extension of range of American trees 357 



Tree breeding and genetics 358 



Willow culture 362 



Street and roadside trees 364 



Planting 366 



Shade tree care. 368 



Tree surgery 370 



Forest protection __ 372 



Forest fires 372 



Protection from fire 372 



Fire prevention 398 



Fire lines and roads 403 



Light burning 404 



Detection 406 



Control 407 



Fire manuals and instructions 410 



Tools and equipment 412 



Spark arresters 415 



Snag falling 415 



Fire weather 416 



Fire damage 422 



Animals and hirds... 424 



Forest pathology 426 



Pathology and forest management 426 



Diseases, general 428 



Diseases of seedlings and nursery stock. . . 431 



Foreign and introduced diseases. 433 



White pine blister rust 434 



Chestnut blight 441 



Cankers, rusts, wilts, and virus diseases 474 



Root rots 452 



Fungi 453 



Fungi in trees 453 



Wood-rotting fungi 456 



Wood stains and molds 461 



Decays of pulp and pulpwocd 463 



Mistletoe 464 



Forest entomology 465 



Insect lists and descriptions 467 



Insects attacking foliage 471 



Bark beetles.... 471 



Insects attacking wood 472 



Minor insects 475 



Shade tree insects 475 



Damage by insects 479 



Control and protective measures against 



insects 482 



Climatic injuries 485 



Windfall 487 



Mechanical injuries... 488 



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