xii Contents 



CHAPTER IX. 



PAGE 



THE TENDING OF WOODS . . . * , . . .179 



CHAPTER X. 

 METHODS OF STIMULATING THE INCREMENT IN TIMBER-CROPS 



WHEN APPROACHING MATURITY . . . . 2IO 



CHAPTER XL 

 THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF UNDERPLANTING . . . .230 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE CONSERVATION OF THE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF WOOD- 

 LAND SOILS . . 253 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE FUNGOID DISEASES OF FOREST TREES, AND THEIR PRE- 

 VENTION 276 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE PROTECTION OF WOODLANDS AGAINST INSECT ENEMIES . 307 



INDEX . 333 



