Canadian Fort'slrij Journal. Januari/, 1!^>1S 1515 



J SEEDING and PLANTING 



! IN THE PRACTICE 



I OF FORESTRY 



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1 By James W. Tourney, M.S., M.A., Director of the Forest School 



1 and Professor of Silviculture, Yale University. 



I This book presents both the details of practice, and the funda- 



I mental principles that control success and failure in the economic 



I production of nursery stock and the artificial regeneration of forests, 



j It explains the why as well as the how. 



I Part I. deals with the silvical basis for seeding and planting, 



I more particularly the principles whicii underlie the choice of species, 



I the closeness of spacing and the composition of the stand. 



j Part II. is descriptive of the various operations in artificial re- 



j generation and the results that may be expected from the best practice. 



! Chapter Headings of This Book: 



I Pait I. Silvical Basis for Seeding and Planting. 

 Chap. I. Definitions and Generalities. 



jjj' I The Choice of Species in Artificial Regeneration. 



IV. The Principles which Determine Spacing. 



I V. The Principles which Govern the Composition of 



I the Stand. 



I Part II. The Artificial Formation of Woods. 



I VI. General Considerations. 



VIII f Forest Tree Seed and Seed Collecting. 



I IX. The Protection of Seeding and Planting Sites. 



j X, Preliminary Treatment of Seeding and Planting 



j Sites. 



j XI. Establishing Forests by Direct Seeding. 



j XII. to XV. The Forest Nursery. 



j XVI. to XVII. Establishing Forests by Planting. 



i xxii+454 pages, 6 by 9, 140 figures. Cloth, $3.50 net. 



Canadian Forestry Journal 



119 Booth BIdg., OTTAWA. 



