Chapter II: Introduction

CHAPTER
I. HOW TREES GROW AND MULTIPLY
II. THE FOREST FAMILIES
III. FORESTS AND FLOODS
IV. WILD LIFE OF THE FOREST
V. IMPORTANT FOREST TREES AND THEIR USES
VI. THE GREATEST ENEMY OF THE FOREST--FIRE
VII. INSECTS AND DISEASES THAT DESTROY FORESTS
VIII. THE GROWTH OF THE FORESTRY IDEA
IX. OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
X. THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ALASKA
XI. PROGRESS IN STATE FORESTRY
XII. THE PLAYGROUNDS OF THE NATION
XIII. SOLVING OUR FORESTRY PROBLEMS
XIV. WHY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY
XV. WHY THE LUMBERMAN SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY
XVI. WHY THE FARMER SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY
XVII. PUTTING WOOD WASTE TO WORK
XVIII. WOOD FOR THE NATION

ILLUSTRATIONS

Forest Fire Guard Stationed in a Tree Top
Section of a Virgin Forest
The Sequoias of California
A Forest Ranger and His Forest Cabin
Pine Which Yields Turpentine and Timber
Forest Fires Destroy Millions of Dollars Worth of Timber Every Year
Blackened Ruins of a Fire Swept Forest
Forest Management Provides for Cutting Mature Trees
Seed Beds in a Forest Nursery
Sowing Forest Seed in an Effort to Grow a New Forest
A Camping Ground in a National Forest
Good Forests Mean Good Hunting and Fishing
Young White Pine Seeded from Adjoining Pine Trees
What Some Kinds of Timber Cutting Do to a Forest
On Poor Soil Trees are More Profitable Than Farm Crops
A Forest Crop on its Way to the Market

[Transcriber's note: "Section of a Virgin Forest" is the seventh (not the second) illustration in the book.]