CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE LIFE HISTORY OF A TREE 7 



II. TREE GROWTH IN RELATION TO CLIMATE AND SOIL . 18 



III. PURE AND MIXED WOODS 36 



IV. NURSERY MANAGEMENT . . . . . 47 

 V. SOWING AND PLANTING IN THE FOREST ... 60 



VI. TENDING OF WOODS 73 



VII. METHODS OF TREATMENT (including natural regenera- 

 tion) 83 



VIII. PROTECTION OF WOODS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE 



ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS . . . .108 

 IX. PROTECTION OF WOODS AGAINST WEEDS AND FUNGI . 125 

 X. PROTECTION OF WOODS AGAINST FROST, DROUGHT, 



STORMS, AND FIRES 138 



XL SVLVICULTURAL NOTES ON BROAD-LEAVED TREES . 148 

 XII. SYLVICULTURAL NOTES ON CONIFERS . . .164 



XIII. FENCING AND DRAINING 177 



XIV. FELLING AND MEASUREMENT OF TIMBER . . .187 

 XV. WORKING PLANS 204 



XVI. THE FORESTRY ACT AND FORESTRY COMMISSION . 216 



XVII. THE AFFORESTATION OF WASTE LANDS . . .223 



XVIII. THE USES OF BRITISH TIMBER . . . .231 



