• Larson, Philip R.
  US Forest Service
  

The following paper is based on a series of three lectures delivered to the Yale School of Forestry during the week of April 22, 1968. The lecture series was made possible by a grant to the Yale School of Forestry by the U.S Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.

ies was made possible by a grant to the Yale School of Forestry by the U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.

The purpose of these first lectures was to promote a greater understanding among forestry students of the processes of wood formation and the complexities of wood quality evaluation. My primary aim was therefore to be instructive and• informative. The presentation represents a personal approach to the problems of wood formation and wood quality that I. have developed over the past 15 years. This approach has evolved not only from the results of research· in our laboratory, but also from a synthesis of the extensive world literature on the subject How­ever, since this paper deals largely with broad concepts and consists of a general­ized approach to an extensive subject, few outside references have been cited.