274 HOW TO GROW GOOD TIMBER. 



CHAPTER XLL 



ON THE KINDS OF TIMBER BEST ADAPTED 

 FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. 



That the growth and quality of timber will be 

 influenced by the nature of the soil is a matter so 

 well understood that it would scarcely require to be 

 treated of in this place, if we did not daily see exam- 

 ples of planting in which all laws of growth have 

 been set at defiance; still, occasionally, experience 

 has lent her aid and produced some satisfactory re- 

 sults ; and, as an exemplification of our meaning, and 

 as showing the influence of geological position upon 

 planting, we would direct attention to the following 

 section : — 



ALICE HOLT FOREST. 

 Larch. Oak. Larch. Hops. 



4. Chalk. 3. Chalk Marl. 2. Upper G. S. 1. Gault Clay. 



Here we have the oak — of both varieties known to 

 planters, to be hereafter described — flourishing most 

 luxuriantly on the stiff soil of the gault ; the chalk- 

 marl, upper green sand, and gault— the two latter 

 only partially — being engaged in hop cultivation. 



