Excerpt from How to Tell the Trees and Forest Endowment of Pacific Slope "Some Hints upon Forestry," issued for the California Federation of Women's Clubs, in 1900, contained the following suggested topics 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, conservation 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 is the first of the above hints. The result is this booklet - "How to Tell the Trees" - with "Matchless Forest Endowment" for introduction; 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-illustrated 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. 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.