LIST OF PLATES 



FRENCH ENGINEERS MAKING A ROAD OUT OF YOUNG 

 SAPLINGS IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT HEAVY GUNS 

 OVER THE RAIN-SOAKED FIELDS . . Frontispiece 



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FACING PAGE 



PLATE I. SCOTS PINE, STRATHORD. LARCH, CRAIG 



VIVIAN, PERTHSHIRE .... 6 



PLATE 2. A FELLED AREA AND NEWLY PLANTED AREA, 



PEEBLESSHIRE . . . . . 8 



PLATE 3. SCOTS PINE, BALUAN, BLAIR ATHOLL . . 1 6 



PLATE 4. THIRLMERE, LAKE DISTRICT. TALLA CATCH- 

 MENT AREA, PEEBLESSHIRE ... 22 



PLATE 5. PLANTING IN A PEEBLESSHIRE GLEN . . 28 



PLATE 6. " HYBRID " LARCH, MURTHLY. JAPANESE 



LARCH, BLAIR ATHOLL, PERTHSHIRE . 34 



PLATE 7. OLD LARCH WOOD, MUCH UNDERSTOCKED, 



PEEBLESSHIRE 39 . 



PLATE 8. FELLING OAK COPPICE SCRUB FOR PIT PROPS, 

 HERMITAGE WOODS, DUNKELD. LOADING 

 TRUCKS WITH PITWOOD AT A TEMPORARY 

 SIDING ON THE HIGHLAND LINE . . 40 



PLATE 9. OAK NATURAL REGENERATION IN THE QUEEN'S 



WOOD, FRITH PARK, SURREY . . 42 



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