VI PREFACE. 



F.R.S., for the Appendix to Chapter IV., giving 

 botanical notes on British forest trees ; they will be 

 useful to students. 



I desire, further, to thank Mr. W. F. H. Blandford, 

 Lecturer on Entomology at Coopers Hill College, for 

 the short notes on the principal insects injurious to 

 forest trees in England, which have been incorporated 

 into Chapter IV. 



In the preparation of this volume I consulted most 

 of the leading works on Sylviculture. Amongst these 

 the following require to be specially mentioned : 



(L) Brown, "The Forester." 



(2.) Heyer, "Der Waldbau." 



(3.) Gayer, 



(4.) Hess, " Die Eigenschaften und das forstliche 

 Verhalten der wichtigeren in Deutschland vorkom- 

 menden Holzarten." 



Hooker's Student's Flora of the British Islands has 

 guided me as regards the distribution of the indigenous 

 British forest trees. 



W. SCHLICH. 



COOPERS HILL, 



April, 1891. 



