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CHAPTER II. 



FOREST SYSTEMS. 



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Simple Coppice . . . . . .21 



Coppice with Standards . . . . . .22 



High Forest Systems ...... 22-27 



(1) The Selection System . ... 23 



(2) The Group System . . . . -23 



(3) The Compartment System . . . . .24 



(a) Compartments of Even-aged High Forest 

 (&) Two-storied High Forest 



(c) High Forest with Coppice 



(d) High Forest with Standards 



The Choice of Systems . - . . . . 27-31 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE NURSERY. 



Advantages of a Home Nursery ..... 3 2 



Formation of a Nursery . . . . 33'35 



(1) Choice of Site x * . , -33 



(2) Size of Nursery . . . . ' , v 4. 34 



(3) Laying out a Nursery . . .34 



Nursery Management . , . 35'55 



(1) Seed Beds . ... . . . .. . v . . 3^ 



(2) Liability to Frosts , . , 3^ 



(3) Choice of Seed . . . . '. f 37 



(4) The Storage of Seed . '. ... 39 



(5) The Sowing of Seeds . . . ,. 4o 



(6) Treatment of Seedlings . - .- . ' ' 47 



(7) Other Methods of Raising Trees . i. .. . 5 2 



(8) Stocking a Nursery with Purchased Plants . 53 



(9) The Pruning of Nursery Stock . . . . 54 

 (10) Lifting the Plants for Planting Out . . . '55 



Insect and Fungoid and other Enemies in the Nursery . . 55-57 



