CONTENTS Continued. 



CHAPTER XII. PAGE. 



THE THINNING OF PLANTATIONS ...................................... i 55 



German Methods. 



The application to British Woodlands. 



Execution of the Work. 



Pruning. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 SHELTER BELTS AND HEDGEROW TREES ........ .> .................. 172 



Belts. 

 Hedgerow Trees. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 CROPS FROM OLD STOOLS .......................................... 175 



Poles. 



Coppice. 



Underwood. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 THE BARK CROP ................................................ 178 



Stripping and Drying. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 VALUING AND SELLING TIMBER ....................... ............. 180 



Timber Valuers. 

 Standing Timber. 

 Fallen Timber. 

 Cordwood. 

 Conditions of Sale. 

 Felling Timber. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 OSIER CULTIVATION .............................................. ii 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 CONVERSION OF TIMBER ON ESTATES .............................. 193 



Sawn Timber. 

 Transport of Timber. 

 Creosoting. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF FOREST TREES .......................... 196 



General Remarks. 

 Four-footed Enemies. 

 Insects and Diseases. 



CHAPTER XX. 

 FORESTRY EDUCATION ............................................ 206 



Schools. 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 FORESTRY TOOLS AND APPLIANCES .................................. 213 



