The first comprehensive handbook on the seeds of trees and shrubs produced by the USDA Forest Service was USDA Misc. Pub. 654, Woody-Plant Seed Manual. The manuscript was ready for publication in 1941, but World War II delayed publication until 1948. The boom in tree planting in the 1950s and 1960s created a large demand for seeds and exposed the gaps in our knowledge concerning production and quality of seeds of woody plants in general. The 1974 Handbook proved to be very popular both in this country and abroad, leading to five printings and translations in several other languages. More than a quarter-century after its publication, however, numerous advances in tree seed technology have dictated that a new revision is needed; the result is the current volume. Part I contains information on how to get seeds and raise seedlings. Get Your Copy Now.

A greatly revised edition of Agriculture Handbook 450 issued by the US Forest Service, this A–Z encyclopedia of woody plant seeds covers 386 genera, adds more than 1,000 literature citations to the original, and treats all aspects of collection, storage, and germination. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.

Excerpt from Woody-Plant Seed Manual: Miscellaneous Publication No. 654, Issued June 1948 Rom 1929 to 1939 revegetation of cut-over and burned lands and eroded soils for timber production, watershed protection, wildlife food and cover, and shelterbelt planting was undertaken on a scale never before approached in the United States. In 1929, for example, about acres were reforested. In 1939 about acres were planted, and the total acreage planted at the close of that year was about acres. Planting at the 1939 rate requires annually about 145 tons of forest seed, valued at about With more than acres in need of planting, assuming that the job can be done in the course of 25 years, this would call for the annual planting of some acres and require the use of about 600 tons of seed per year. Whereas reforestation was drastically curtailed during World War II, forest planting of large areas doubtless will figure prominently as a postwar measure. 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.

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