FACULTY^ v 



OF 



FOR EC 



EFACE. 



THE first volume of this Manual, which appeared in 

 the autumn of 1889, deals, in Part I., with the general 

 utility of forests and, in Part II., with the funda- 

 mental principles of Sylviculture. The present volume, 

 comprising Part III., describes the practical applica- 

 tion of those principles, and Parts II. and III. 

 together form a Manual of Sylviculture. The remain- 

 ing parts of the Manual of Forestry will deal with 

 separate matters. 



In writing the two volumes I discarded the idea of 

 striving after absolute completeness ; my object was 

 to give only the important points, and to exclude 

 less important or doubtful matter, so as to prevent 

 the former from being obscured, and to keep the size 

 of the book within reasonable limits. 



My sincere thanks are due to my friend and 

 colleague, Mr. W. B. Fisher, for the valuable 

 assistance which he has afforded to me in the correc- 

 tion of the manuscript and in passing it through the 

 press. 



I am greatly indebted to Professor Marshall Ward, 





