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height—viz., the dominant, dominated, and suppressed. The 
best results were obtained by taking out a certain number of the 
dominated trees, thus encouraging the dominant ones, and using 
the suppressed to protect the soil. 
At Groenendael the first and chief part of our programme came 
to an end; and while all the aspects of Belgian sylviculture have 
by no means been enumerated here, it may be truly said that, 
from an educational point of view, the tour was perhaps the most 
important one which the Society has yet undertaken. 
For the photographs illustrative of this paper, I am indebted 
to Messrs A. C. Forbes and Fraser Story. 
