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better bole than in the open, and, with a free crown above the 

 underwood, it soon thickens in girth, without interfering too 

 much with the coppice by overshadowing. Even among the 

 coppice it can throw out vigorous shoots, soon running up into 

 good-sized poles; but the stools are apt to become soon exhausted, 

 when they should be replenished freely. When grown on marshy 

 land among alder coppice, it also forms a good standard, soon 

 developing a valuable bole. 



It is, perhaps, when thus grown as a standard over coppice, 

 that ash attains its best development and its highest market 

 value. Hence the remunerativeness of woodlands might be 

 appreciably increased if stout, healthy, well-grown young ash 

 plants were sprinkled judiciously through copse woods wherever 

 the soil seems suitable for the growth of this very valuable 

 tree. 



