404 



CONIFER^. 



[Cedrui. 



Phulga Forest, 7,000 feet, 

 forest very fine, soil 

 good, a succession of 

 terraces. Rock granite. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



135 

 196 



215 

 172 



249 

 276 

 200 

 236 

 230 

 236 

 269 

 293 

 190 

 90 

 166 

 154 

 190 

 190 

 196 

 260 

 259 

 298 



24 

 21-5 

 21 



20-75 

 26 

 19 



20-75 

 1875 

 23-75 

 2375 

 21-75 

 13 

 25 

 7 



18 

 24 

 50 

 19 

 20 

 29 

 25 

 16 



5-62 

 9-11 



10-24 

 8-29 

 9-58 



14-53 

 9-64 



12-58 

 9-68 

 9-93 



12-36 



22-38 

 7-60 



12-85 

 9-22 



3-80 



11'18 



9-80 



8-96 



10-36 



18-62 



Average . 10'53 



The average result of the measurements of these 48 trees is 9' 5 rings per inch of 

 radius, shewing that in the forests of Kulu it may be expected that Deodar reaches 

 4| feet in girth at an age of 82, and 6 feet in girth at an age of 109 years, which is 

 good growth for forests which must be looked on as in the second category. 



In the just published ' Memorandum on the Forests of the Kuram Assigned 

 Districts ' by Mr. C. Bagshawe (Indian Forester, vol. vi., p. 28) a few measurements 

 on sample areas of 2 acres each are recorded as follows : 



No. of trees. Mean radius. 



Mean No. of 

 rings. 



25-5 



20-3 

 22-3 

 14-5 



No. per inch 

 of radius. 



Peiwar Forest 

 H) S.-E. aspect, 8,600 feet 6 7'5 inches 191 



(2) E. to N.-E. aspect, 8,500 feet . 20 9'4 191 



(3) N.-W. aspect, 8,700 feet 7 10' 223 



(4) S. aspect, 8,660 feet ... 5 12'2 148 



The average of these measurements gives nearly 21 rings per inch of radius, 

 equivalent to an age of 241 years corresponding to 6 feet in girth. This is entirely in 

 accordance with Dr. Brandis' division of the Deodar forests, for such forests as those 

 of Afghanistan will naturally come into the first category. We may, therefore, say 

 that there is nothing to be obtained from measurements made since the publication 

 of the ' Forest Flora of N.-W. and Central India ' to alter materially the statement 

 therein made that the average ages of 6-ft. girth trees are 



1st Division above 140 years. 



2nd Division from 110 to 140 



3rd Division under 110 



Girth and height at different ages. The proportion between the height and 

 girth naturally depends, to a very great extent, on the condition of the forest in 

 which the trees are found ; isolated trees will naturally increase in girth more than 

 in height, while trees grown in dense forest will run up fast in height at the same 

 time that the increase in girth is slow. The pole forests examined at Mahasu, whose 

 measurements are given on page 402, shewed trees which varied in age from 15 to 35 

 years, in radius from 13 to 30 inches, and in ln-ighl, from 23 to 50 feet. When 

 young Deodar grows slowly, Brandis says it attains 12 to 20 inches only during the. 

 first 3 to 4 years. But further information regarding the increase in height of 

 Deodar at different ages is much wanted. 



Crop of timber per acre. Little information on this point has been collected 

 since the publication of the ' Forest Flora of N.-W. and Central India,' where the 

 subject ia discussed at pp. 521-522. 



