B. E. Fernow
Published: 2017-01-21
Total Pages: 54
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Excerpt from Report of the Chief of the Division of Forestry for 1890 Forest management - Treatment of naturally grown thicket of hard woods; best works on trees, their cultivation, etc. Pruning of trees; sumac as material for forest undergrowth; subsoil irrigation; time of transplanting; protection of trees against rabbits; advice on thinning white pine. Forest botany, etc - Proper time for gathering and planting seeds of white pine; sprouting of pitch pine; sprouts from conifer stumps ring growth of trees; quality of wood in different parts of tree; long-leaved pine distinguished from other varie ties; discoloration of timber due to fungus growth; locust trees, advice for prevent ing growth of varieties of white cedar; hickories indigenous to the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.