270 OUR FORESTS AND WOODLANDS 



that limit, the capital in timber can with advan- 

 tage be gradually reduced as such portions come 

 to their maturity and fall. The beechwoods, as 

 managed in portions of southern England, 

 form an exceptional class. Here the trees of 

 all ages, from the seedling to the mature stem, 

 are grown together on the same area, and the 

 fall extends over a far larger acreage than a 

 mere annual section. This treatment is of 

 course only possible through the beech being 

 able to bear shade well. But, even in this case, 

 the best results will usually be obtainable by 

 division of the forest into blocks, and by 

 treatment of these in regular succession, as 

 previously indicated on page 142. 



I am afraid the above is somewhat technical ; 

 but if the future market for timber is really 

 going to be so profitable as seems likely, then 

 any indication of the above nature will not have 

 been given in vain if it may perhaps induce land- 

 owners and estate-agents to give closer attention 

 to the principles upon which Forestry is based, 

 as distinguished from Arboriculture. And I 

 would particularly desire to draw attention 

 to the fact that, in some respects, growing 



