Plate II. 



IG. 8. — A single Scots pine left chielly for 

 ornament after a clear cutting — quite a 

 common practice in Saxony. 



Fig. 9. — Well-grown Scots pine .showing 

 clean stems and small crowns and giving a 

 high form factor. 



10. — Beech is always regenerated 

 u rally where possible. The trees illus- 

 ;ed are anything but ideal mother trees. 



Fig. II. — A view of the famous Mauerhammer 

 ride— one of the first rides laid out by Cotta 

 when he came to Tharandt in 1811.' It is 

 lined with silver birch, a connuon practice in 

 coniferous woods. 



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