CONTENTS. 



CHAP. 



I. BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS 



II. HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION INTO GREAT BRITAIN 



III. EARLY MODES OF CULTURE . . . .* 



IV. SOILS AND SITUATIONS ADAPTED TO LARCH . 

 V. PREPARING GROUND FOR PLAN^TING 



VI. PROPAGATION IN THE NURSERY 



VII. PLANTING 



VIIL MANAGEMENT FROM TIME OF PLANTING TO THINNING 

 IX. THINNING ... ... 



X. PRUNING 



XL MECHANICAL PECULIARITIES — TWISTING PREVENTED 

 XIL TIME OF MATURITY 



XIII. USES AND VALUE OF WOOD . 



XIV. DURABILITY 



XV. WEIGHT OF WOOD AND BRANCHES . 



XVI. BARK 



XVIL VALUE AS A CROP 



XVIII. AS A HOP-POLE CROP . . . . 



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