202 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PART II.— THE WORKING PLAN PROPOSED FOR 

 FUTURE MANAGEMENT. 



The proposals of the Working Plan, though partially deter- 

 mined by the various data collected in Part I., are more particularly 

 based on the crop descriptions detailed in the Field Book (Appendix 

 B). A Valuation of the various crops seems unnecessary in their 

 present condition, as it would only increase the expense of prepar- 

 ing the Working Plan, without being of direct practical utility in 

 enabling suggestions to be made for the improvement of the grow- 

 ing crops ; hence the present proposals are based entirely on area. 

 The annual falls are either approximately equal in area, or approxi- 

 mately equal in productive capacity. 



Objerts of Management. — The object in view of the owner is to 

 bring the area under wood into such condition as to growing stock 

 that the copses and plantations may yield the largest possible out- 

 turn in timber, in thinnings, and in coppice-wood, while adequate 

 protection is at the same time afforded to the soil in order to ensure 

 the maintenance, and, on the poorer sands, the enhancement, of its 

 productivity. At the same time it is desired to obtain, meanwhile, 

 whatever returns can be made available while the copses are being 

 improved as to the quality and quantity of the crops forming the 

 growing stock, and while the plantations are growing up towards 

 marketable dimensions and maturity. 



The Met/tod of Treatment which seems best calculated for the 

 attainment of these objects is (1) in the case of the copses, continua- 

 tion of copse treatment, but with more regular and methodical 

 selection of stores to form standard trees, and improvement as to 

 density and kind of stock in the coppice underwocd ; and (2) in the 

 case of the plantations, allowing them to grow up to maturity as 

 high forest, with underplanting whenever this may become neces- 

 sary for the protection of the soil. 



The total area being only of comparatively small extent, it has 

 not been considered necessary to form separate working circles for 

 the copses and the high forest, as would otherwise have of course 

 suggested itself if large areas were being dealt with. 



Periodical Rotation of the Fall. — For the same reason, namely, 

 the comparative smallness of the area under copse, it seems essen- 

 tial that the rotation of the fall of standards and coppice should 

 not exceed twenty years. Even this gives very small areas 



