TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



CHAPTER I. THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTRY . . .4 



1. The Esthetic Effect of Forests . 4 



2. Efl'ect of Forests upon Climate 5 



3. Effect of Forests upon the Stability of tlie Soil . . . . 5 



4. The Produce of Forests (> 



</. Forests and Game. . . . . . . . . 6 



b. Forests and the Supply of Timber ..... N 

 t. Uncertainty of Future Supplies of Timber . . 10 



5. Conclusions 15 



CHAPTER II. MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 17 



1. Land available for Afforestation . . . . 17 



2. Climate and Soil . . .18 



3. Proprietorship of the Land . 21 



it. Private Proprietors . . . . . . . .21 



1. The State as Proprietor . . . . . 23 



c. Municipalities as Proprietors . . . . . .24 



4. The Labour Question Generally 27 



5. Conclusion 28 



CHAPTER III. THE AFFORESTATION OF SURPLUS LAND AND 

 NOTES ON THE TREATMENT OF SOME TYPES OF BRITISH 



WOODLANDS .... 29 



1. Soil and the Selection of Species 30 



2. Pure Woods or Mixed Woods '? . . . . 31 

 3 The Density of Forest Crops 36 



4. Yield and Financial Results 39 



5. The Treatment of Game Preserves . . . . . 51 



6. Conversion of Coppice Woods into High Forests . . .61 



7. The Production of High-class Oak, Ash, and Larch Timber . 63 



8. The Forest of Dean : An Object Lesson . . . . .67 



APPENDIX. 



TEN PICTURES ILLUSTRATING THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF 

 BEECH, THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-CLASS OAK TIMBER, 

 AND THE PROPER DENSITY OF SPRUCE WOODS . . 72 



