xii Contents 



CHAPTER IX. 



PAGE 



THE TENDING OF WOODS 179 



CHAPTER X. 



METHODS OF STIMULATING THE INCREMENT IN TIMBER-CROPS 

 WHEN APPROACHING MATURITY 21O 



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 



