PREFACE. 



THIS is the third of a series of Volumes, the publication 

 of which has been undertaken as a contribution to the 

 literature of Forest Science in the English language. The 

 publication of the first of the series, The Forests of England, 

 and the Management of Them in Byegone Times, resulted from 

 the unexpected offer from a National Association to con- 

 tribute 10 towards the expense, the Council of the Asso- 

 ciation having expressed the opinion that the successive 

 publication of this and other Volumes of the series would 

 certainly contribute to further .the ends the Society had 

 in view. When the proceeds of the sales of that Volume 

 may suffice for the purpose, they will be spent in the 

 publication of a companion Volume on the Management 

 of English Forests in the Nineteenth Century, and their 

 Present Condition, which is ready for the press. 



In aid of the publication of the second of the series, 

 French Forest Ordinance of 1669 ; with Historical Sketch of 

 Previous Treatment of Forests in France, 10 were contri- 

 buted by Mr W. T. Costigan, Montreal. When the pro- 

 ceeds of sales may suffice for the purpose, these will be 

 spent in the publication of a companion Volume on 

 Forestry and Sylviculture in France subsequent to the 

 publication of the Ordinance of 1669, which also is ready 

 for the press. 



For the publication of this, the third of the series, the 

 printer has, without departing from the usages of the 



