THE NEW FORESTRY. 



SCOTCH PLANTING TABLE, SHOWING 

 DESTRUCTIVE THINNING. 



PUBLISHED IN 1899. 



Per Acre. Rate. 



Number of trees planted 

 First thinning, at 10 years . . . 



3546 



1245 treated as of no value. 



Second 

 Third 



at 15 



at 20 



2300 

 800 is. per score. 



1500 

 500 35. 



1000 

 400 3d. each. 



600 

 250 



350 

 90 



260 

 5 



2IO 



360 cub. ft. at 6d. 

 300 cub. ft. at 9d. 



45 = 405 cub. ft. at lod. 



Ninth 



at 60 



165 

 45 = 630 cub. ft. at is. 



Number of trees forming 



final crop ... ... 120 



The history of forestry in Britain, especially in Scotland,; 

 shows that since anything like regular planting began there 

 has not been time to develop a system of management, nor 

 was there any proper foundation to begin on. British woods 

 of importance have been chiefly confined to England. 



The total area of Scotland is about 20,000,000 acres. Of 

 that area in 1812 there were only 907,695 acres under woods, 

 less than half of which consisted of planted woods, the rest 



