TABLE OF CONTENTS. Vll 



Chapter II. — continued. page 



Section II. — Planting — continued. 



A. Conditions of Success — continued. 



5. Season for Planting ....... 173 



6. Density of Planting 174 



7. Distribution of Plants over the Area . . . . 175 



8. Number of Plants 181 



9. Lifting Plants 183 



10. Pruning Plants 186 



11. Protection of Plants in Transit ..... 188 



12. Preparation of the Soil ...... 190 



B. Raising Plants 190 



1. Purchase of Plants 190 



2. Plants taken from Existing Woods . . . . 191 

 8. Raising Plants in Nurseries 192 



C. Methods of Planting 208 



1. Planting with Balls of Earth 210 



2. Planting without Balls of Earth 211 



3. Mound Planting 2] 9 



D. Planting of Slips, Layers and Suckers ..... 220 

 Chapter III. — Natural Regeneration of Woods .... 223 



Section I. — Natural Regeneration by Seed 223 



A. Natural Regeneration under Shelter- woods . . . 223 



1. The Compartment or Uniform System . . . . 225 



2. The Strip System 237 



3. The Group System 239 



4. The Selection System 243 



5. Comparative Merits of the Four Systems . . . 244 



B. Natural Regeneration from Adjoining Woods . . . 247 

 Section II. — Natural Regeneration by Shoots and Suckers . . 250 



Chapter IV. — Formation of Mixed Woods 254 



1. Formation of Even Aged Mixed Woods . . . . 254 



2. Formation of Uneven Aged Mixed Woods . . . 258 



Chapter V. — Choice of Method of Formation 261 



Section I. — Choice between Direct Sowing and Planting . . 262 

 Section II. — Choice between Artificial Regeneration and Natural 



Regeneration by Seed . . . . . . 266 



Section III. — Combination of Several Methods of Formation . 268 



PART III.— TENDING OF WOODS 271 



Chapter I. — Tending of Woods during Early Youth . . . 276 



1. Protection against External Dangers .... 276 



2. Preservation of a Proper Density of the Crop . . 278 



3. Cleaning of Young Woods 279 



4. Preservation of a Proper ^Mixture 280 



