A Year in the Wonderland of Trees

Twelve months in the woods — why leaves turn, how squirrels bank their acorns, what the winds plant and the April rains conjure — nature writing for young wood scouts, one month at a time.

Soldiers of the Common Good: August

7 pages in this part of Wonderland of Trees.

Soldiers of the Common Good: August

Of course, in a vast and populous country like ours, no amount of devotion or skill on the part of the Federal and State forest services…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August: Firing

Did you see that picture, in the movies, of the big snow-plough tunnelling through the monster drifts of a wild mountain winter to rescue…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August: State-owned

THE GOOD WORK THE STATES ARE DOING In addition to the rapid development of the national Forest Service, more than half the States now have…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August: State

Several States have forest-nurseries which supply trees at cost. "FIRING THE WOODS" IN QUITE ANOTHER WAY If you had been in New York State…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August: Louisiana

One of the big lumber companies of Louisiana sent $500 to the conservation department of the State to be used for a series of prizes to…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August: Forestry

THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION The American Forestry Association, whose headquarters are in Washington, acts as a clearing-house of all…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August: Congress

Building up a community or a forest or a nation or letting it run down is a sort of chain process; lumber companies don't replant because…

Rights & ReuseThe complete text of A Year in the Wonderland of Trees (1924) is in the public domain in the United States — like all works published before 1928 — and is free to read, download, quote, teach from, and reuse. This digital edition (its transcription, restored images, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI, and any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours; the underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.