THE SCHOOL BOOK OF FORESTRY

By

CHARLES LATHROP PACK

PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN TREE ASSOCIATION

1922





[Illustration: FOREST FIRE GUARD STATIONED IN A TREE TOP]




THE AUTHOR GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE
FROM THE WRITINGS AND REPORTS OF COL. W.B. GREELEY, U.S.
FORESTER; COL. HENRY S. GRAVES, FORMER U.S. FORESTER; GIFFORD
PINCHOT, FORMER U.S. FORESTER; DR. B.E. FERNOW, DR. J.W. TOUMEY,
F.W. BESLEY, W.I. HUTCHINSON, R.H.D. BOERKER, PROF. NELSON C.
BROWN, PROF. R.S. HOSMER, E.A. STERLING, R.S. KELLOGG, E.T.
ALLEN, S. GORDON DORRANCE, DR. HUGH P. BAKER, ALFRED GASKILL,
J.S. ILLICK, AND MANY OTHER LEADERS IN FORESTRY.