PLAN FOR BLACKMOOR, BKADS1IOTT, AND TEMPLE WOODS. 231 



Years. 



Oak standards. 



30 to 40 years. 



Coppice varies 



from 4 to 8 years 



of aw. 



Density and 

 Canopy. 



Normal. 



Remarks, and Treatment proposed. 



4 years 



(planted in 



autumn of 1895). 



Treatment as recommended for IV. a. If funds are available, 

 it seems desirable to at once cut hack birch and aspen, which 

 are interfering with the growth of oak and ash. 



At next fall all the oak standards with very branching crowns 

 should be utilised, and their places taken by selected ash and 

 oak, and preferably the former, as likely to yield better and 

 earlier monetary returns. 



Canopy not yet 

 formed. 



Nothing whatever is at present required, except to till up some 

 existing blanks. It will be some years before canopy is 

 formed or thinnings become necessary. Cleanings may also be 

 unnecessary ; for there are, as yet, no softwoods likely to inter- 

 fere with the growth of the more valuable species. 



Coppice, 6 to 11 



years. 



Oak standards 



up to 6-7 feet in 



girth. 



Almost normal. 



Treatment should be on similar principles to those recommended 

 for IV. A. Tlie standards stored in future should consist only 

 of ash and oak, with an occasional elm; while the growth of 

 liardwoods in the coppice should be encouraged by dibbling 

 seed on prepared patches at each rotation, and by layering 

 freely. Softwoods should always be weeded out wherever they 

 are interfering with more valuable species. 



