H) LOCAMTV AND FoUKST VK(;KTATI()N. 



cultivation, so as to realise the objects of the proprietor. In 

 order to attend to this duty successfully, means must be 

 provided by which the niiaJitu, or ii'n'hl ((ijxKit;/, of the 

 locality can be I'eadily ascertained. Various methods have 

 been i)roposed for this purpose, of which the following two 

 will be shortly considered here : — 



(1.) Assessment according to the severnf fiictors of the 

 locality. 



(2.) Assessment according to a crop of trees already 

 produced on or near the locality. 

 "Whenever the second method is possible, it should be 

 followed ; only in the absence of a forest crop should the 

 Urst method be adopted. 



A third method may be mentioned. It has been pro- 

 posed to assess the quality of the locality according to the 

 natural appearance of certain plants, which would depend 

 either on the presence in the soil of certain substances, or 

 on certain other conditions of the soil. Though this holds 

 good to some extent, the method of assessment by itself is 

 without practical value in sylviculture, but it may be used 

 as an auxiliary of the method now to l)e described. 



1. AsS('tis)H('nt of' the Localiti/ acconliini to its scrinil Factors. 



The factors of the locality naturally arrange themselves 

 into two groups, those of the climate and those of the soil 

 and subsoil. 



As regards climate, it is necessary to ascertain : 



(a.) The geograpliical position of the locality, that is to 



say, the latitude, and in some cases, the longitude. 

 (/>.) The local peculiarities of the locality, such as altitude, 

 aspect, slope, surroundings, temperature, moisture 

 in the air, rainfall, (exposure to strong, cold or dry 

 winds, susceptil)ilily to late or early frosts, etc. 

 All these matters have been dealt with in a previous 

 section. 



