must come through study if women hope to 
effect anything worthy their effort. 
Let us learn something about trees—how 
they grow; the names of different species as 
an introduction' to becoming better acquainted, 
especially those that clothe the high moun¬ 
tain slopes, where grand forest trees have 
room to lift up their protecting branches above 
the little springs and rivulets—then follow 
the different families of trees to the lower 
levels and out upon the plains; learn not only 
their names, but all possible about them, their 
habits of growth, how they mature their fruit, 
their simple needs, etc. A close acquaintance 
will ripen into a real, not affected, love, and 
when we become really intelligent tree-lovers, 
we shall more and more desire their protec¬ 
tion, seeking it most earnestly in every pos¬ 
sible way, exerting our influence in their be¬ 
half with voters, tax-payers, owners of forests, 
wood-cutters, lumbermen, and lumber mer¬ 
chants,—all, in fact, who have to do with the 
grand forests in any way. 
DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS. 
Forests have been unwisely removed or de¬ 
stroyed from several large regions of the old 
world, notably in Italy, the Spanish Penin¬ 
sula, France, portions of Germany, and the 
two Scandinavian Peninsulas. These regions 
were once clothed with dense forests of large 
trees. 
“If nature is let alone, she will cover any 
portion of the earth, where vegetable life is 
possible, with the particular kinds of vegeta¬ 
tion best fitted to grow under the existing 
conditions of soil, heat, light, and moisture,” 
writes an eminent authority. But nature is 
not allowed to do her normal work unhindered. 
Many conditions and objects are inimical to 
the growth of trees, such as parasites and 
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