Forest aesthetics
By: Heinrich von Salisch ; translated by Walter L. Cook Jr. and Doris Wehlau.
Contributors: Forest History Society.
Publisher: Forest History Society
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780890300725
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Nature (Aesthetics)
Work titles: Forstästhetik.
Description: "This book is a translation of the 1902 German text Forstästhetik by von Salisch. It represents the earliest thinking about forest aesthetics. It provides a window to the origins of the landscape architecture and forestry professions and a historical context for those seeking both beauty and income from the forest" --Provided by the publisher.
Notes: "From the second enlarged edition with 16 photographs and numerous pictures in the text. Publisher Julius Springer, Berlin, 1902."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Term and task of forest aesthetics as a special forest science; the necessity to study it; title: The causes of delight in beauty; title: Preliminary remarks on the relation between natural beauty and artistic beauty; title: Theory of color in the landscape; title: Stones as adornments of the forest; title: The aesthetic value of the tree species; title: Fragrances and voices of the forest; title: Determination of the most useful type of soil use; title: Design of the road system; establishing and naming of administrative units; title: The silvicultural systems; title: Choice of tree species; title: Determination of the rotation period; title: The regeneration; title: Taking care of the stand; title: The secondary utilizations; title: Meadows, water and fields; forest edges, hedges and fences; title: Park or forest; title: The enhanced forest; title: The establishment and management of park-like landscape; title: Forest enhancement by establishment and adornment of roads (crossroads, road signs); title: Planting of trees along roads and firebreaks; title: Old trees as adornments of forests; title: Aesthetic use of foreign tree species and of varieties of native tree species; title: Embellishment of the forest stands by care of the shrubs and the groundcover; title: Embellishment of the forests by stone blocks; title: Monuments, ruins, entrenchments; title: Vistas.