CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. WOODS, FORESTS, AND FORESTRY IN ANCIENT 



AND MODERN TIMES . . ... 3 



II. WOODS, FORESTS, AND FORESTRY IN ANCIENT 



AND MODERN TIMES (continued) ... 34 



III. AMONG THE OAKS . . . . . .87 



IV. IN THE BEECHWOODS . . . . . . 130 



V. THE OTHER HARDWOODS . . . . .147 



VI. THE SOFTWOODS: ALDER, BIRCH, LIME, WIL- 

 LOWS, AND POPLARS 174 



VII. AMONG THE PINES AND FIRS, AND IN THE 



LARCH PLANTATIONS 200 



VIII. HEDGEROW TREES AND HEDGES . . .235 



IX. HIGHWOODS, COPSES, AND COPPICE WOODS . 255 



X. WOODLANDS, GAME, AND SPORT . . .294 



XI. THE IMPROVEMENT OF BRITISH FORESTRY . 313 



INDEX . . . ... . . . . .337 



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