CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION . . xi 



CHAP. 



i. HISTORIC SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT 

 OF FORESTRY 



1. IN THE MOST REMOTE PERIODS . I 



2. IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES . . . 4 



3. FROM THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE 



MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . 6 



4. THE TRANSITION TO PRESENT CONDITIONS . . IO 



5. FOREST LITERATURE . . 12 



ii. FOREST STATISTICS 



SCOPE AND ARRANGEMENT OF FOREST STATISTICS . I 3 



FOREST AREA OF THE WORLD . . 1 4 



in. FOREST INFLUENCES 



THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS . . . 2O 

 FORESTRY AND LABOUR . . ..21 



INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST ON CLIMATE AND SOIL . 2 I 



iv. SYLVICULTURE 



SPECIES OF TREES EMPLOYED . ". . 24 

 TREE GROWTH IN RELATION TO SOIL AND SITUATION . 25 



TREE GROWTH IN RELATION TO LIGHT . 2J 



PURE WOODS AND MIXED WOODS . . . 29 



FORMATION OF WOODS BY SOWING AND PLANTING . 3 I 



NATURAL REGENERATION BY SEED . . '53 



NATURAL REGENERATION BY COPPICE SHOOTS . S7 



COPPICE WITH STANDARDS . . '59 

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