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INDEX. 



Combinations of methods of forma- 

 tion, 178 



,, sowings, 69 

 Commencement of thinnings, 213 

 Compartment system of nat. re- 

 generation, 135, 158 

 Conditions of germination, 48 



, , success in planting, 70 



sowing, 41 



Coppice woods, thinning of, 218 

 Corylus Avellana, notes on, 281, 334 

 Covering seed, 53, 61 

 Crowded woods, tending of, 198 



D. 



Dangers of pruning, 202 

 Dead trees, removal of, 199 

 Degree of thinning, 214 

 Density of planting, 76 



,, proper, of crop, 195 

 Dibbling, 66 

 Direct sowing, 41 



,, ,, versus planting, 170 

 Distribution of plants over area, 77 

 Ditches, as fences, 15 



,, for drainage, 27 

 Diversion of excess water, 24 

 Douglas Fir, notes on, 316, 325 

 Drainage, 25 

 Draining of nursery, 100 

 Drought, protection against, 192 

 Dry mould, 32 

 Dunes, coast, 33 



,, inland, 37 



littoral, 34 



E. 



Elm, notes on, 252, 339 

 Elymus arenarius, 36 

 Even-aged mixed woods, 181 

 Excess water, diversion of, 24 

 Execution of pruning, 204 



Execution of thinning, 220 

 External dangers, protection 

 against, 192 



F. 



Fagus sylvatica, notes on, 230, 332 

 Fencing, 12 



,, of nursery, 100 

 Final stage of nat. regeneration, 



144 



Fir, Douglas-, notes on, 316, 325 

 ,, red, 316 



Silver, notes on, 283, 324 

 Fire, protection against, 192 

 Fixation of shifting sands, 33 



,, unstable soil on slopes, 

 38 



Formation and tending of woods, 1 

 ,, choice of method of, 169 

 ,, of mixed woods, 180 

 ,, woods, 40 



Fraxinus excelsior, notes on, 248, 343 

 Frost, protection against, 192 

 Fungi, protection against, 194 

 Furrows, sowing in, 64 

 Furze, 36 



G. 



Germinating bed, 49 

 Germination, conditions of, 48 



,, of seeds, percentage 



of, 45 



Group system, 152, 160 

 Growing space, suitable, 208 



H. 



Hazel, notes on, 281, 334 

 Hedges, 12 



High- class timber, production of, 

 215 



