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A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. 



This is the system of Regular Seed Forest. It is 

 difficult to apply, and unsafe except in experienced 

 hands. It has often been necessary to plant large areas 

 at great expense because reproduction cuttings in Reg- 



FIG. 14. Reproduction obtained by process shown in fig. 13. Sihlwald, 

 Switzerland. 



ular Seed Forest have failed. The transportation of 

 the timber is frequently expensive, because it must 

 be spread over a number of years. On the other 

 hand, when it is well applied this system produces the 



