218 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



APPENDIX B.— Field Book, 



Name of Copse ; No. of 



or ; Estate 



Plantation. \ Block. 



Eveley Corner. 



Eveley Allotment, 



Soil and Situation. 



Acres 

 16 A sandy soil on 

 gently sloping 

 ground, but 

 nearly level on 

 the lower por- 

 tion. Soil poor, 

 and varying in 

 depth, as evi- 

 denced by the 

 growth of the 

 crop in height. 



Eveley Birch wood, 



High 



Forest. 



Not desired 



to be 

 worked on 



purely 

 commercial 

 principles. 



Level to gently 

 sloping sandy 

 soil, apparently 

 of considerable 

 depth in parts, 

 but in other por- 

 tions wet and 

 marshy in ordin- 

 ary years. Soil 

 covering consists 

 mostlyof heather, 

 bell-heather, and 

 coarse grasses. 

 Under and near 

 the patches of 

 trees the dead 

 foliage has formed 

 good humus. 



Method of 

 Treatment. 



Soil sandy, moist, 

 and slightly 

 marshy in N.E. 

 corner. 



High 



Forest. 



Indefinite, 



but not to 



be altered. 



Description of Timber Crop. 



Healthy Scots pine, varying 

 from 20 to 40 feet in height, 

 self-sown from the adjoining 

 Wolmer woods since the area 

 became private land, under 

 the Wolmer Forest Enclosure 

 Act of 1865. Some birch are 

 to be found in the lower por- 

 tions. 



Young 



High 

 Forest. 



Scots pine, self-sown as on I. A. 

 The trees vary from about 20 

 to 50 feet in height. Where 

 almost forming canopy, the 

 growth is vigorous at the 

 upper corner, having good 

 drainage, but from their 

 isolated position, the trees are 

 badly shaped and branching. 

 The greater portion of the area 

 is unstocked, though, since the 

 enclosure three years ago, 

 young seedling pine are rapidly 

 springing up, self-sown from 

 the neighbouring woods. In 

 the clumps on the higher 

 ground the growth of the trees 

 is as good as can be expected 

 under the circumstances, some 

 of the stems exceeding 30 

 inches in girth at breast height. 

 On the higher ground at N. W. 

 end, the soil being poor and 

 dry, the growth of the trees is 

 less satisfactory, while the soil 

 covering consists for the most 

 part of heather. 



Pure clump of birch, about 40 

 to 50 feet in height, and up to 

 over 24 inches in girth. There 

 is a tendency to forked growth, 

 and here and there the canopy 

 is interrupted by small blanks. 

 but on the whole the planta- 

 tion is doing well. 



