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which trees leave open spaces it might be proper to plant trees wher- 

 ever there was a clear amount of sky over the planted tree ? " " My 

 experience is that they never do well, and that they go what we call 

 * toppy,' and they never grow with a natural healthy growth as they 

 would do if they were planted away from the shadow of the large 

 trees; you may go to Kensington Gardens or anywhere to see what 

 I state is the fact ; there is not a single tree planted among those 

 large trees which grows in what I call a natural or healthy condition. 

 I cannot say that I think the trees have renewed themselves as they 

 ought to have done, because there is not a single forest that I have 

 had to do with that has had so small a quantity of timber on it as this 

 one. In Hainault Forest there was £40,000 worth of timber upon 

 3,000 acres of ground. Mr. H. J. T. Jenkinson, county magistrate, 

 said that the roads are getting into a dreadful state, and they ought 

 either to be divided amongst the parishes on some system or other, 

 or else some steps should be taken to keep them in repair, and that the 

 Crown has no right to use these roads if it refuses to keep them in 

 order." 



The last evidence we have space to notice is that given by Professor 

 Fawcett. " My strong opinion," he states, is that Parliament could 

 scarcely adopt any policy which, even from economical considerations, 

 would be more injurious to the people than the enclosure of all such 

 waste lands. In no park have I ever seen the particular kind of 

 beauty which is possessed by the New Forest. I certainly think 

 that the Woods and Forests should administer this property as the 

 nation desires, and that if the nation chooses that it should be used 

 for purposes of recreation and enjoyment, rather than for profit, 

 I think the Commissioners should use it distinctly for this 

 purpose, and no more enclosures should be made in the 

 forest. It would be as impossible, by an expenditure of money, 

 to restore the New Forest, as it would be to restore a cartoon of 

 Eaphael's if it were once destroyed ; the thing is gone for ever. Such 

 are a few selections from the evidence culled from the blue-book, 

 which deserves the careful study of all interested in the science of 

 forestry, the conservation of the remains of our ancient forests, and 

 the profitable uses of our commons and waste lands. 



