PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



Sycamore comes, perhaps, second on the list, the demand 

 Vl r- for large timber being good and the price highly remunera- 

 tive. It grows very freely, even at high levels, and produces 

 ^ great amount of timber, which, even in a young state, 

 meets with a ready market. 



The Ash has always been a highly remunerative tree, and 

 one the timber of which is in great demand, whether for local 

 purposes or transferring to a distance. The number of uses 

 to which the wood can be applied on the farm and estate 

 generally will always assist in keeping up the price. 



Spanish Chestnut.- In certain districts the Spanish 

 chestnut is a remunerative forest tree, and, when well grown 

 and of large size, the timber rarely remains long on hand. 



Elm, both English and Scotch, are extensively planted 

 /( for the value of the timber produced. Both are valuable 

 for the shelter they afford. 



Beech timber has increased in value of late, and in 

 {/ most districts it is fairly remunerative. The tree is also 

 largely employed for planting on those chalky ami cal- 

 careous soils where only a limited number of forest trees 

 could succeed. 



Alder and Birch for economic planting are about on a 

 par, whether as regards timber value or the position in 

 which they may be planted. 



Willow and Poplar. The same may also be said of these 

 as they succeed 111 almost similar situations, and realise, 

 in point of timber value, about the same amount. 



Not only for the intrinsic worth of the timber, but for 

 the value individually of the trees for planting where few 

 others could succeed, will the alder, birch, poplar, and 

 willow ever hold an exalted rank in British forestry. 



Speaking in a truly economic sense, the above may be 

 considered as about the principal trees than can be 

 employed for profitable planting. 



