CONTENTS 



PAG 

 PREFACE - 5 



INTRODUCTION - 9 



I. HISTORY OF BRITISH WOODLANDS - - 21 



II. THE APPROACHING DEARTH OF TIMBER, WITH SPECIAL 

 REFERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES, CANADIAN, 

 AND CONTINENTAL SUPPLIES - - 35 



III. TREE-PLANTING BY THE STATE : WHY STATE OWNER- 

 SHIP IS IMPERATIVE - - 45 



IV. COST OF FORMING PLANTATIONS, WITH ACTUAL 

 FIGURES FROM ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, WELSH, AND 

 IRISH ESTATES - ... 57 



V. FORMATION OF PLANTATIONS : LAYING OUT THE 



GROUND, DRAINAGE, FENCING, AND PLANTING - 69 



vi. TREES TO PLANT: LIST OF THE BEST FOR PURELY 



ECONOMIC PLANTING ^ - 79 



Vn. FINANCIAL RETURNS FROM TREE-PLANTING, WITH 



RETURNS FROM SEVERAL AUTHENTIC SOURCES - 93 

 VIII. ADVANTAGES OF AFFORESTATION : IN THE MATTER 

 ^ OF SHELTER, CLOTHING OUR BARE HILL-SIDES, 



AND AFFORDING WORK TO THE UNEMPLOYED - 103 

 IX. AFFORESTATION AND SCHOOLS OF FORESTRY : 



NECESSITY FOR ESTABLISHING SUCH - - 109 



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