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Age. 



Years. 

 33 



(planted during 

 1S66-R7). 



Density and 

 Canopy. 



Remarks, and Treatment proposed. 



Normal in parts ; The plants having originally been put out at too great a distance 

 light, and even apart, branch development has been greater than is desirable, 



broken-, in other The plantation is now of itself correcting this defect, and 

 parts. nothing should be done for the next 4 or 5 years to interrupt 



the canopy in any way. In the meantime, only broken or 

 unhealthy poles should be cut out. All round the edges of the 

 wood, and wherever there are blanks, Corsican pine should be 

 sown or planted. 

 After about 4 or 5 years a thinning out of dominated poles may 



perhaps become necessary. 

 It is advisable to clean the boles of the dead branchlets by 

 cutting or sawing them off close to the stem ; and the sooner 

 this operation can be carried out, the better will be the quality 

 of the timber produced. 



29 

 (Oak planted 

 about 1870). 



Fair in parts; 

 other portions 

 forming blanks. 



The planting has originally been too wide (about 6 ft. by 6 ft.) 

 in consequence of which the branch development is excessive, 

 in place of growth in height having been stimulated by speedy 

 formation of canopy. The lower branches, up to about 

 3 inches in diameter, of the young oaks should be removed 

 wherever this can be done without interfering with such 

 canopy as exists ; and Corsican pine should be sown experi- 

 mentally on prepared patches, or else planted in blanks and 

 comparatively open spaces among the oaks. 



The standard Scots pine look healthy, and can in the meantime 

 be allowed to stand and attain larger dimensions. A belt of 

 two rows of Corsican pine should be planted along the S. W. 

 edge to serve as a wind-mantle. 



[Note. — An outlying area of level sandy soil, of about 1 acre 

 in extent, was planted in February 1899 with Corsican pine at 

 8 ft. by 8 ft.; but, owing to the drought in summer, nearly 

 all the plants have died. This is to be replanted (so sown 

 in strips, experimentally) early in 1900 ; if planted, the plants 

 should not be put out at a greater distance than 3 ft. by 3 ft.] 



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