TABLE OF CONTENTS. IX 



Chapter V. — continued. 



Section II. — continued. page 



4. The Labour Question 191 



5. Conclusion 192 



Section III.— The Afforestation of Surplus Lands . . . 193 



1. Soil and the Selection of Species .... 194 



2. Pure Woods or Mixed Woods ? 195 



3. The Density of Forest Crops 198 



4. Yield and Financial Eesults 202 



Section IV. — Notes on some Types of British Woodlands . . 215 



1. The Treatment of Game Preserves .... 215 



2. Conversion of Coppice Woods into High Forest . . 224 



3. The Production of High-class Oak, Ash and Larch 



Timber 227 



4. The Forest of Dean : An Object Lesson . . . 231 

 Summary 235 



Appendix. — Forestry in the United States 237 



INDEX 243 



