Excerpt from An Introduction to Plant Geography
The importance of vegetation for the student of geo graphy, and in the teaching of geography, is gradually being recognized. As an indication of the quality of a region it must be taken into account. For instance, the differences between the denser forests Of the low-lying swampy lands round equatorial rivers and the Opener woods of the better drained higher ground between them are of great importance. In practical affairs the distri bution of this or that plant association may Often be taken as a guide to the profitable extension of cultivation of this or that crop.
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