55th -Congress, ) HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES. ( Document 



3d Session. ] \ No. 181. 



Et^ p n p t 

 1 ... U X vy XI X 



UPON THE 



FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS 



OF THE 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1877-1898. 



By B. E. FERISTOW", 



FORMERLY CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY, IT. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



[PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROVISION IN THE ACT MAKING 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899.] 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1899. 



