CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Morris K. Jesup Collection of North American Trees 

 Structure and Life of a Tree 



Structure of one-year-old trunk .... 



Growth of a tree in diameter and height 



Heartwood and sapwood 



Quartered and common lumber .... 



The food of a tree 



Forces that carry the sap from root to leaf 



Pith rays and silver grain ..... 



Forests, the Wealth and the Necessity of a Nation 



Economic situation regarding forests 



Where the world gets its wood .... 



Problems accompanying the forestry question: Floods and drought 

 soil erosion and infertility, unnavigable rivers and harbors 

 Conservation of Existing Forests 



National Forest Reserves ...... 



Necessity for legislation and cooperation 



Forestry in relation to investment values 



Some Forestry Methods 



General methods applicable anywhere .... 

 Cleaning and thinning 

 Removing the harvest 

 (l razing on forest lands 

 Concerning forest fires 



"Selection method" ..... 



"Strip" or "Patch" method 



Aim of Wood Lot or Forest 



Soft woods in proximity to pulp mills 



Durable woods and market for posts 



Durable woods and market for ties, poles, or piling 



Wood preservation, methods and results 



Hardwoods and cooperage .... 



Beech, maple and birch, and acid factories 



A timber forest and its varied products . 

 Work of Forestation 



Tree planting in the West .... 



Experiments with Catalpa trees 



Where to plant trees ..... 



White pine a profitable investment 



Growth of trees from seeds, sprouts and cuttings 



Tree and shrub transplanting 

 Planting Guide. Compiled from the work of the United States Forest 



Service 



Lawn and Street Trees: their Arrangement, Selection and Care 

 Appendix I. How to recognize some eastern broadleaf trees in winter . 

 Appendix II. Key to some cone-bearing trees of eastern forests and parks 

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