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CHAPTER IX. 



NATURAL REGENERATION OF HIGH FOREST. 



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The Selection System . . . . . 176-179 



The Group System . . . . . . 179-181 



Natural Regeneration of Whole Compartments of Even-aged High 



Forest ... . 182-187 



(1) Preparatory Fellings . . . . . .182 



(2) " Seed " or Regeneration Felling . . . .183 



(3) Gradual Clearance of Mother Trees . . .184 



The Natural Regeneration of Beech . . . 187-191 



Under the Selection System . . . . .188 



Regeneration of Whole Compartments . . . .189 



The Natural Regeneration of Oak and other Trees . 191-193 



Oak ........ 191 



Ash ........ 191 



Sycamore and Norway Maple ..... 192 



Corsican and Scots Pines ..... 192 



Larch ........ 193 



The Natural Regeneration of the Shade-bearing Conifers 1 93-195 



The Comparative Merits and Demerits of the Systems . 195-196 



CHAPTER X. 



TREATMENT OF COPPICE SYSTEMS. 



Simple Coppice ...... 197-202 



Length of Rotations ...... 197 



Reproductive Power from Stools . . . .198 



General Management ...... 199 



(1) Planting up the Land ..... 199 



(2) Layering or Plashing ..... 201 



Coppice with Standards ..... 202-210 



Tables of Fellings ...... 204 



Expenses of Management . . . . . 208 



The Conversion of Coppice, or Coppice with Standards, into 



High Forest . . . . . .210 



High Forest with Coppice ..... 211-214 



Table of Fellings . . . . . . .212 



