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A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. 



This i.s the system of Regular Seed Forest. It is 

 difficult to apply, and unsafe except in experienced 

 hands. It has often been necessary to plant large areas 

 at great expense because reproduction cuttings in Reg- 



'wmmmsm, 





Fig. l-l.—Reproduetion obtained by process shown in fig. 13. Sihlwald, 



Switzerland. 



ular Seed Forest haye failed. The transportation of 

 the timber is frequently expensiye, because it must 

 be spread oyer a number of years. On the other 

 hand, when it is well applied this system produces the 



