INTRODUCTION 



The first question in practical forestry is, Wiat 

 kind of trees should be planted ? This work has 

 been written under the conviction that the 

 English planter who plants his woods with a 

 view to the realisation of a profit by the sale of 

 the mature timber must rely mainly on three 

 trees only, namely, larch, ash, and oak. Other 

 trees may be valuable in particular situations 

 or with reference to particular markets, but as 

 the main sources of profit from planting they 

 cannot equal larch, ash, and oak. 



The question, What kind of trees should be 

 planted ? may be answered by saying, Only those 

 kinds which have been proved to be attrac- 

 tive to English timber-merchants; other kinds 

 are experimental. A prudent man, when he 

 plants in the hope of realising a profit, 

 will keep his experiments within moderate 

 limits. 



Other trees may in some circumstances be 



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