TABLE OF CONTENTS xvii 



PAOE 



The Felling of Timber . . ... . 304-311 



Season for Felling ...... 307 



Barking Trees ....... 307 



Extraction and Transportation of Timber . . . 311-323 



Cost of Haulage by Horses . . . . .312 



Cost of Steam Traction . . . . . .312 



Forest Roads ....... 313 



Forest Tramway . . . . . .314 



Timber Slides ....... 316 



Transportation by Canals . . . . .316 



Railway Carriage of Timber . . . . .31? 



The Uses and Prices of Timber .... 323-333 



CHAPTER XV. 



SYLVICULTURAL NOTES ON TIMBER TREES 

 BROAD-LEAVED TREES. 



Acacia ........ 334 



Alder ......... 336 



Ash 338 



Beech ......... 342 



Birch ......... 346 



Cherry 348 



Elm . . . . . . . . .349 



Hawthorn ........ 352 



Hazel ......... 353 



Hornbeam ........ 354 



Horse Chestnut ;...... 356 



Lime or Linden Trees . . . . . .357 



Oak 359 



Plane Trees ........ 365 



Poplars ........ 367 



Spanish'Chestnut ....... 372 



Sycamore and Norway Maple ..... 375 



Tulip Tree . . 377 



Walnut ........ 379 



Willows 381 



