78 PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



If we visit woods in any part of the country we see 

 this, and with regret, and attribute it either to ignor- 

 ance or to the love of the scenic rather than the 

 commercial aspect of forestry on the part of the 

 landowner. 



We could carry the reader to large areas both in 

 England and Ireland where this waste has taken 

 place, and is still going on. The scenic aspect of 

 forestry is too much a matter of fact to be treated with 

 ridicule, but we venture to assert that it is best secured 

 by following closely the rules of good forestry. 



