190 SYLVICULTURE IN THE TROPICS pt.h 



stool (Fig. 68 ; a, shoots from adventitious, and d, from 

 dormant buds). 



Most dicotyledonous trees have, in a greater or lesser 

 degree, the faculty of producing stool-shoots ; in some 

 cases or in some places this faculty may be so slightly 

 developed as to make coppicing hardly possible ; other 

 species, on the contrary, reproduce themselves freely 

 from coppice. Again, while several species will be able 

 to produce stool-shoots up to an advanced age, there are 

 others that will be unable to do so except while they 



Fig. 69. 



are comparatively young ; or it may be that if they are 

 able to give out stool-shoots after passing that age, 

 these shoots are weak and unable to develop into trees. 

 Most coniferous trees are without the power to repro- 

 duce themselves from coppice-shoots. 



As a general rule, it will not be advisable to attempt 

 coppice when the majority of the trees in the wood are 

 much above 60 cm. (2 ft.) in girth. 



By cutting trees of comparatively small girth 

 another advantage is gained, which is that there is less 

 danger of decay penetrating into the stool-shoot than 

 when large trees are felled, for the stool gets more 

 quickly occluded by the foot of the shoot. A large 



