Vegetation and Soils is an introduction to the study of vegetation and soil distribution

Part One: Vegetation and Soil Development; Chapter I: The Original Landscape and the Hand of Man; Chapter II: Vegetation Development; Chapter III: Soil Development; Part Two: Vegetation and Soils Outside the Tropics; Chapter IV: Coniferous Forests; Chapter V: The Mixed Forests of Middle Latitudes; Chapter VI: Broad-leaved Forests of Middle Latitudes; Chapter VII: The Evolution of Extra-Tropical Forests; Chapter VIII: Tundra and Alpine Vegetation; Chapter IX: Grasslands; Chapter X: Woodlands and Scrublands; Part Three: The British Isles; Chapter XI: The Climatic Climax Vegetation and its Associated Soils; Chapter XII: Seres and Subclimaxes on the Original Landscape; Chapter XIII: The Impact of Man; Part Four: Tropical Regions; Chapter XIV: Introduction to Tropical Vegetation and Soils; Chapter XV: Tropical Rain Forest; Chapter XVI: Tropical Seasonal Forests; Chapter XVII: Microphyllous Forest, Semi-desert and Desert; Chapter XVIII: Tropical Savanna; Chapter XIX: Tropical Soils subject to Seasonal Drought; Chapter XX: The Vegetation of Tropical Mountains; Conclusion; Chapter XXI: The Outlook for Wild Nature