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CHAPTER IX. 



NATURAL REGENERATION OF HIGH FOREST. 



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The Selection System . . . v , ' , 176-179 



The Group System . . .. . . . 179-181 



Natural Regeneration of Whole Compartments of Even-aged High 



Forest . . . . . , . 182-187 



(1) Preparatory Fellings . . . ". "''-*" . 182 



(2) "Seed "or Regeneration Felling . ..". , 183 



(3) Gradual Clearance of Mother Trees . . .184 



The Natural Regeneration of Beech . . . 187-191 



Under the Selection System . . . . .188 



Regeneration of Whole Compartments . . . .189 



The Natural Regeneration of Oak and other Trees . 191-193 



Oak . . ; . . . . i&g r r 191 



Ash . . . . . . r" ' / 191 



Sycamore and Norway Maple . . $. ->. *9 2 



Corsican and Scots Pines . . . " . 192 



Larch ,... ' . . .. .. ,. .. ^ 193 



The Natural Regeneration of the Shade-bearing Conifers 193-195 



The Comparative Merits and Demerits of the Systems . 195-196 



CHAPTER X. 



TREATMENT OF COPPICE SYSTEMS. 



Simple Coppice . . . . . . 197-202 



Length of Rotations . . . . . .197 



Reproductive Power from Stools . . . . 198 



General Management I . ^ i ... . 199 



(1) Planting up the Land . . . . 199 



(2) Layering or Plashing . . ' '*' . 201 



Coppice with Standards t * ,.. .*.. . |.^- . 202-210 



Tables of Fellings ,. . .. : . . 204 



Expenses of Management . . . . . 208 



The Conversion of Coppice, or Coppice with Standards, into 



High Forest . . . . . . 210 



High Forest with Coppice . < . . . 211-214 



Table of Fellings . . . . . . 212 



