VI TAIU.K or CONTENTS. 



PAGK 



Chapter IV.— Thk Sylviccltur.'VL Svstkms, or Mkthods of 



Tkkatmknt 89 



Section I. — Description of Systems ...... 90 



1. Clear Cutting ill High Forest 90 



2. The Shelter-wood Compartment System . 9-3 



3. The Shelter-wood Group System 94 



4. The Shelter-wood Selection System . . .96 



5. The Coppice System 97 



G. The Coppice with Standard System . . 99 



7. High Forest with Standards 102 



8. Two-storied High Forest 103 



9. High Forest with Soil-protection Wood . . 104 



10. Forestry Combined with the Growing of Field Crops . 104 



11. Forestry Combined with Pasture 107 



12. Forestry Combined with the Rearing of Game . . 107 

 Section //.—Choice of System 107 



PART II. FORMATION AND REGENERATION OF WOODS. 113 



Chapter I.— riacLiMiNAiiv \VoiiK.s 116 



Section I. — Choice of Species 116 



Section //.—Fencing 122 



Section III. — Reclamation of the Soil 129 



1. Treatment of an Impermeable Substratum . . 130 



2. Treatment of Swampy Ground Generally . . . 131 



3. Irrigation of Arid Land 137 



4. Treatment of Excessive Accumulations of Vegetable 



Matter 138 



5. Fixation of Shifting Sands 139 



6. Fixation of Unstable Soil on Slopes .... 143 



Chapter II.— Artificial Formation of Woods 145 



Section I. — Direct Sowing 145 



A. Conditions of Success 145 



1. Choice of Species 145 



2. Quality of Seed 145 



3. Quantity of Seed 149 



4. Conditions of Germination . . ]51 



B. Methods of Sowing 157 



1. Broadcast Sowing 157 



2. Partial Sowing 162 



Section //.-Planting 169 



A. Conditions of Success 169 



1. Choice of Species . . . ,170 



2. Different Kinds of Plants 170 



3. Quality of Plants .171 



4. Age and Size of Plants 172 



