PLAN FOR BLAOKMOOR, BRADSHOTT, AND TEMPLE MOODS. 229 



Age. 



Years. 



28 to 31 years 



(planted 1868 to 



1871). 



Density and 

 Canopy. 



Normal in parts, 

 interrupted in 

 other portions. 



30 

 (planted 1869). 



Almost normal 



in the portions 



under pine ; 



open with blanks 



among larch and 



birches. 



Remarks, and Treatment proposed. 



Only the most branching of the oaks should be removed, 

 together with limes and other less valuable kinds of trees. 

 Before removing any trees, however, an undergrowth of hard- 

 woods should be provided by sowing seeds freely on prepared 

 patches (sycamore, maple, ash, chestnut, elm); otherwise, 

 there may be danger from weeds. The beeches and other trees 

 along the S.W. edge should lie carefully retained as a wind- 

 mantle. With these exceptions, the treatment should be on 

 the general principles recommended for IV. A. 



The pines require nothing at all at present, except the removal 

 of dead branches and snags from the stems. They may be 

 thinned 3 or 4 years hence ; but only dominated stems should 

 then be removed. 



Under the larches, on the lighter soil, the seeds of a few hard- 

 woods (sycamore, maple, ash) might be sown on prepared 

 patches, as there is a good deal of light and the soil seems 

 fresh; while on the poorer portions Corsicau pine might be 

 sown. If sowings fail in the latter case, then Corsican pine 

 should subsequently be planted, as the present crop of 30-year- 

 old birch will soon become marketable, and should then be 

 cleared to make room for a better crop. 



[Note. — Some Corsican pine sprinkled among the Scots pine 

 are quite outgrowing the latter. Two, at the edge of a green 

 ride, are about 50 feet high, and girth 2 feet 5 inches and 2 feet 

 9 inches respectively at breast height. Corsican pine tends here 

 to develop a broad branching crown, unless this is checked by 

 the maintenance of close canopy.] 



