Abstract

The Nation's Trees

This article presents information on the book "Forestry," by Arthur Bernard Recknagel. There are parts of the book which can be adjudged excellent even in the face of a critical analysis. For example, the chapter which tells of the development of forestry in the United States is the best brief account of this history. The sections covering forestry research, the application of forestry, and the role of forestry as an essential of social welfare should prove decidedly instructive. There seems no reason why any person who reads this book should ever again fall into those prevalent misconceptions of the layman that forestry and planting are synonymous, and that forestry means locking up of timber resources. With the qualifications mentioned the book as a popular treatise is to be commended.