CHAPTER VIII 



CONCERNING THE FORMATION AND REGENERATION 

 OF WOODLAND CROPS 



' Where any system of management satisfies all reasonable expecta- 

 tions, there can be no object in changing it Not infrequently, 



however, in one and the same forest, certain operations are carried out 

 in a masterly manner, whilst others might be better performed ; and 

 observations and experiences made in one locality often remain unknown 

 for a long time in another.' Burckhardt's Sden und Pflanzen, 1854 

 (ist edition), Preface. 



Choice of Species of Trees to form the Crop. 



WHETHER viewed from a purely sylvicultural standpoint 

 relative to the production of the largest quantity of timber of 

 the best quality, or from the financial standpoint relative to 

 the obtaining of the largest annual returns from the capital 

 represented by soil and growing stock, the choice of the kinds 

 of forest trees to form the crop is of the first importance under 

 all circumstances. Not every given soil and situation will pro- 

 duce any particular kind or assortment of timber ; hence the 

 relegation of the various genera of woodland trees to the tracts 

 most likely to afford them a suitable permanent home is one 

 of the first duties of the sylviculturist. When dealing with 

 indigenous trees, or with such as have become naturalized by 

 long association with our native sylva, nature never makes 

 mistakes ; and where any self-sown genera show good growth, 



