436 Forestry Quarterly. 



France. 



The forests of France proper may be divided into (i) plain 

 and (2) mountain forests. Under (i) may be included the 

 Parisienne zone, the Gironde, the Provencale; under (2) the 

 Vosges, Jura, Alpes, Plateau Central and the Pyrenees. The 

 subdivision of these zones (as given in Les Forets) follows: 



Parisienne zone i. West (i. Perche, Bretagne). 



2. Center (2. Sologne). 



3. Bast (3. Argonne, Langres, Lorraine, 



Franche Comte, Bourgogne). 

 Gironde zone i. Oaks of Adour. 



2. Maritime pine (Sands) Landes, Gascogne. 

 Provencale zone (Nice to Port- Vendres). 



Vosges zone Lorraine Plaine. 



Basses-Vosges. 



Hautes Vosges. 

 Jura zone i- Plateau. 



2- (500-600 M.) Mountains. 



3. (800-900 M.) Mountains. 



4. High Mountains. 

 Alpes zone North (to Pelvoux). 



South (Pelvoux a medit). 

 Plateau central zone. (Mts. of Morvau; Cevennes). 



Pyrenees zone i. Montaigne Noire (department Aude) dividing 



line basin of I'Aude et Ariege). 



2. (Luchon, Bareges, Couterets). 



Algeria and Corsica should be considered as special studies. 

 As a personal favour to one of the writers a French forest officer 

 compiled the list of interesting national forests given below. It 

 includes Corsica (Corse) but does not include the Landes near 

 Bordeaux nor Algeria. The abbreviations used under "Methods 

 of Treatment" are : F — High forest; C — Conversion from Cop- 

 pice to High forest; T. S. F. — Coppice under standards; T — 

 simple coppice ; F. J. — Selection high forest. 



