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scribed. "For the lower elevations this may be a transition to a 

 gradual entire removal and for the higher, steeper locations a 

 lengthening of the regeneration period to a kind of selection 

 forest. Through the choice of a shorter or longer regeneration 

 period it is made possible to take into account all conditions at 

 any one locality without the need of changing to a different form 

 of silvicultural management. All that is necessary to insist upon 

 is the one principle, that in all cases the regeneration period is 

 chosen long enough that after entire removal of the old stand, 

 the young stand answer the protective requirements which the 

 forest is to serve." In addition, the formation of small working 

 circles, and their division in felling series to avoid large felling 

 areas and even-aged stands, helps to bring about the advantages 

 of the selection forest without losing the advantages of the even- 

 aged timber forest. Experience in his own forest satisfies the 

 writer that this procedure answers all purposes, and there is 

 enough variety of management to be found in the canton Grau- 

 biindten to see what different treatment produces. A descrip- 

 tion of such results is given, and it is shown that due to a 

 variety of uncontrollable conditions a variety of results is expe- 

 rienced from the same treatment. In the end, the well-educated 

 forester can be left to find the proper silvicultural method in a 

 given case. 



Plenterwald und Femelschlagbetrieb. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forst- 

 wesen, September-October, 1915, pp. 168-173. 



Owing to objections that have been raised 

 Marking against blazing and stamping hardwood 



Standards standards in a compound coppice forest, it 



is suggested that in future fellings stand- 

 ards should be reserved by being marked at breast height "with a 

 piece of thin wire (copper preferred) and that the two ends 

 should be joined together by means of a lead seal, as used at 

 present in packing parcels and corking bottles." The writer 

 argues that this would prevent damage to the "seed trees," and 

 after the felling the wire could be removed and used a second 

 time. 



The Indian Forester, May, 1915, pp. 153-154. 



