TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 PREFACE v 



PART III. 



FORMATION AND TENDING OF WOODS. 

 INTRODUCTION 



CHAPTER I. 



PRELIMINARY WORKS. . . . ' . 4 



SECTION I. CHOICE OF SPECIES 4 



SECTION II. FENCING 12 



SECTION III. RECLAMATION OF THE SOIL 20 



1. Treatment of an Impermeable Substratum 21 



2. Treatment of Swampy Ground generally 23 



3. Irrigation of Arid Land 30 



4. Treatment of Excessive Accumulations of Vegetable Matter . . 31 



5. Fixation of Shifting Sands 33 



6. Fixation of Unstable Soil on Slopes .... . . 38 



CHAPTER II. 



FORMATION OF WOODS .... 40 



SECTION I. ARTIFICIAL FORMATION OF WOODS 41 



A. Direct Sowing: .... 41 



I. Conditions of Success ... 41 



1. Choice of Species , .41 



