INDEX 



235 



Salt lakes, situation of, in Algeria, 48 

 Sample plots, in Valdoniello forest, 



Corsica, 135 

 Sand binders, grasses as, in Tunisia, 35 



shrubs as, in Tunisia, 35-36 

 Sand dunes, damage from, in Tunisia, 33 



extent of, in Tunisia, 16 



movement of, in Gascogne, 31-32 

 in Tunisia, 31-32 



protection from, in Tunisia, 3, 18, 23, 



3i 



reclamation of, in Tunisia, 32-36, 40 

 situation of, in Tunisia, 15 

 Sand fences, construction of, in Tu- 

 nisia, 34-35 

 Sawmills, regulations regarding, in 



Corsica, 159-160 

 Scaling, in timber sales operations, in 



Corsica, 145 



Scipio, Lucius Cornelius, Corsican in- 

 vasion by, in 



Seasons. See Dry season; Rainy season 

 Securities required, in timber sales, in 



Algeria, 168-169 



Seed beds, in nursery practice, in Tu- 

 nisia, 43 

 Seed-spot method, in Algeria, 6-7, 78, 



82, 84, 86 



in. Tunisia, 3, 41-43 

 Seedlings, planting of, in Algeria, 83-84 



in Tunisia, 42 

 protection of, in Algeria, 7, 82 



in Tunisia, 42 



Seeds, collection of, in Corsica, 153 

 Seized goods, sales of, in Algeria, 



197-198 

 Seizures, in trespass cases, in Algeria, 



196-197, 205 



Selection system, adoption of, in Cor- 

 sica, 112, 132-133, 155 

 advantages of, in Corsica, 8, 132 

 description of, in Corsica, 133-135 

 in cork-oak, in Algeria, 59-60 



in Tunisia, 24 

 Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, reference to, 



112 

 Servonnet, on "Le Golfe de Gabes en 



1888," 221 



Settlers, fire protection by, in Algeria, 



192 



in Tunisia, 3 

 forest work by, in Tunisia, 18 



See also Agricultural settlement 

 Sheep grazing, amount of, in Corsica, 



156 



areas for, in Algeria, 89 

 in communal forests, in Algeria, 183 

 in state forests, in Algeria, 178 

 Shelterwood system, failures of, in 



Corsica, 8, 130, 155 

 in aleppo pine, in Algeria, 63 

 in Corsican pine, in Corsica, 129-130 

 in zeen oak in Tunisia, 24 

 Shrubs, as sand binders, in Tunisia, 



35-36, 40 



as undergrowth, in Algeria, 55 

 in Corsica, 123 

 in Tunisia, 14 

 Sidi Bagdad canton, Algeria, planting 



in, 84 

 Silvicultural systems, in Tunisia, 24 



See also Coppicing; Selection 

 system; Shelterwood system 

 "Sirocco" winds, in Algeria, 49 

 Soils, of Tunisia, 14-15 



See also Forest soils 



Sowing, in Bon Rahma forest, Algeria, 86 

 methods of, in Algeria, 78, 81, 86 

 in Corsica, 153 

 in Tunisia, 42-43 



time of, in Algeria, 6, 77, 79, 81-82 

 in Tunisia, 3, 42 



See also Seed-spot method 

 Spacing, in planting operations, in 



Tunisia, 42 

 Springs, for irrigating oases, in Tunisia, 



34 



improvement of, in Tunisia, 3, 23 

 protection of, in Tunisia, 15, 40 

 Sprouting, of cork-oak, in Algeria, 61 

 State forests, administration of, in 



Algeria, 161-180 

 in Tunisia, 3, 23 

 extent of, in Algeria, 56 



in Corsica, 115 

 grazing in, Corsica, 156 



