LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. Natural Ash and Oak Wood in south of Ireland, Facing page 2 



2. Natural Oak and Holly — Ireland, . . . „ 2 



3. Natural Oak after repeated coppicing, . . ,, 6 



4. Old Oak Forest in mountain valley, . . ,, 6 



5. Natural scrub of Ash, Holly, etc., . . . „ 15 



6. Beech pollards, ... . . ,, 15 



7. Wind-swept Elm near sea, . . . . ,, 87 



8. Beech-tops killed back by sea wind, . . ,,87 



9. Windward edge of wood on West Coast of 



Ireland, „ 90 



10. Beech and Silver Fir on windward edge of 



wood, ....... ,,90 



1 1 . Tops of Douglas Firs damaged by mnd in West 



Highlands — 15 to 20 miles from coast, . „ 90 



12. Edge of Silver Fir Wood near sea, ... ,,98 



13. Ash on good ground — 10 miles from West Coast, ,, 98 

 14. ' Physical Map of North- Western Europe, . , ,, 102 



15. Beech and Oak on western slope — Ireland — 



800 feet ,102 



16. Cembran Pine in Bavarian Alps^GOOO feet, . „ 107 



17. Group of White American Spruce on Pennines 



—2000 feet, ,,107 



18. Group of Norway Spruce on Pennines — 1700 



feet, ,,111 



19. Spruce raised from seed — Bavarian Alps — 



3500 feet, ,,111 



20. Larch on exposed ground — 900 feet, . . ,,114 



21. Effect of cyclonic storm on young coniferous 



wood, . . . . . . . ,,114 



