About Our Tree Experts: N. T. Mirov

Dr. N. T. MIROV is plant physiologist of the Institute of Forest Genetics, which is a branch of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, maintained by the Forest Service in cooperation with the University of California, in Berkeley. He holds a master's degree in forestry and a doctor's degree in plant physiology from the University _of California.

The attention of the reader is directed particularly to later chapters and sections that relate to Dr. Mirov's subject, including the bibliography (For Further Reference) at the end of the book; Pointers on Planting Trees, by T. E. MAKI; First the Seed, Then the Tree, by Paul O. Rudolf; Direct Seeding of Trees, by W. E. McQuilkin; The Community of Trees, by Jesse H. Buell.

Sections contributed to by N. T. Mirov

A Tree Is A Living Thing by N. T. MIROV