PREFACE, 
“Some Hints upon Forestry/’ issued for the 
California Federation of Women’s Clubs, in 
1900, contained the following suggested top¬ 
ics for study and discussion:— 
1. Forest trees, their names, appearance, 
habits, manner of growth, uses, etc. 
2. Distribution, where found and reasons 
why so located, nature of soils, exposure, etc. 
3. Enemies of trees, animate and inanimate, 
including man, their worst enemy. 
4. Effects of forests upon climate, conserva¬ 
tion of moisture, preventing both floods and 
drought. 
5. Reforestation, its value both economical 
and esthetic, supplying man with needed 
materials for his development, and preventing 
his deterioration. 
6. Necessary attention and education, then 
legislation and practical application, etc. 
In harmony with these brief hints, I invited 
one with whom I have studied the trees in 
their homes for over twenty years to elaborate 
the first of the above hints. The result is 
this booklet—“How to Tell the Trees”—-with 
“Matchless Forest Endowment” for introduc¬ 
tion ; the final pages are devoted to a brief 
presentation of forestry, as in part embodied 
in “Some Hints.” 
It is to be hoped that this profusely-illus¬ 
trated little packet of leaves will be welcomed 
by all tree lovers, and prove helpful in their 
becoming better acquainted with man’s best 
friend on earth, the bounteous forest. 
Mrs. John Gill Lemmon. 
5985 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, Cal., 
June, 1902. 
