PREFACE. 



Several of these trees, such as the bald cypress, the pagoda tree, etc., already are in parks 

 around Paris. They can be successfully planted in areas where our native trees never have 

 succeeded. 



A royal order in August of this year established a school for training those who 

 will be employed in forest management. Let me remind you of what I wrote on this topic 

 in 1814 in the report referenced above: "Everyone knows that for bridges and highways 

 and in engineering, artillery, mining, architecture, etc., preliminary studies and 

 examinations are required for placement in entry-level positions. But through some 

 unimaginable oversight, positions in forest management, even the most important ones, 

 often are given to those who are totally unfamiliar with the matters on which they have to 

 order and direct their subordinates. One who believes that the knowledge of woodlands 

 can be achieved without a lot of effort and preliminary study would be vastly mistaken. 

 Even men such as Duhamel, Buffon, etc., whose great skills are undeniable, devoted 

 themselves to the subject for most of their lives. When they died they left behind many 

 uncertainties and problems still to be clarified and resolved." 



