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The Felling of Timber . . . . 304-311 



Season for Felling . , , . . . 307 



Barking Trees . . . i' . . . 307 



Extraction and Transportation of Timber . . . 311-323 



Cost of Haulage by Horses ..... 312 



Cost of Steam Traction . . . . . .312 



Forest Roads . . . . . . 313 



Forest Tramway . . . . . .314 



Timber Slides . . . . . . 316 



Transportation by Canals . . . . .316 



Railway Carriage of Timber . . . . 317 



The Uses and Prices of Timber .... 323-333 



CHAPTER XV. 



SYLVICULTURAL NOTES ON TIMBER TREES 

 BROAD-LEAVED TREES. 



Acacia . .- ^ . . .* . .^" . 334 



Alder . . . . . . . . . 336 



Ash . i ....... 338 



Beech ......... 342 



Birch ......... 346 



Cherry . . . . . . . .348 



Elm . . . '. ':.; ' V 1 - . . . 349 



Hawthorn ........ 352 



Hazel . < . . .;,: ..; ,-, :./, ^ ,;* _.-* 353 



Hornbeam ........ 354 



Horse Chestnut . . . -i>-^.! *-'>*-' 35^ 



Lime or Linden Trees . . . . . t 357 



Oak . . . . . " . ^ . ^ . 359 



Plane Trees . . . . . . . . 365 



Poplars ........ 367 



SpanishfChestnut ....... 372 



Sycamore and Norway Maple . . . . -375 



Tulip Tree . . . . . . 377 



Walnut . . . . . . . . 379 



Willows . . . . . . . .381 



