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FORMATION AND EEGENERATION OF 

 WOODS. 



The formation of a wood comprises all measures having for 

 their object the production of a new crop of trees. Such a 

 crop can spring up from seed, sHps, layers, pieces of roots, or 

 from stool shoots and root suckers. In some cases the forma- 

 tion of a new crop is the result of the spontaneous action of 

 nature, in wdiich case the forester speaks of natural formation 

 or rcf/encration ; in others, the seed or young plants are brought 

 on to the land by the action of man, when the process is called 

 artificial formation. A further distinction must be made as 

 regards the special kind of material employed in the formation 

 of a wood. Again, two or more methods of formation may be 

 combined. And again, a wood may be composed of a mixture 

 of two or more species. Finally, certain preliminary works 

 may have to be carried out before the formation of a wood 

 can be commenced. Accordingly, this part has been divided 

 into the following chapters : — 



Chapter I. Peeliminary Works. 



,, II. Artificial Formation of Woods. 

 ,, III. Natural Eegeneration of Woods. 

 ,, IT. Formation of Mixed Woods. 



y. Choice of Method of Formation. - 



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