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CHAPTER II. 



FOREST SYSTEMS. 



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Simple Coppice . .... 21 



Coppice with Standards . . . . . .22 



High Forest Systems ...... 22-27 



(1) The Selection System . ... 23 



(2) The Group System . .... 23 



(3) The Compartment System ..... 24 



(a) Compartments of Even-aged High Forest 

 (b} Two-storied High Forest 

 (c} High Forest with Coppice 

 (d) High Forest with Standards 



The Choice of Systems . .... 27-31 



CHAPTER III. 



THE NURSERY. 



Advantages of a Home Nursery ..... 32 



Formation of a Nursery . . . . . -33-35 



(1) Choice of Site ...... 33 



(2) Size of Nursery ...... 34 



(3) Laying out a Nursery ..... 34 



Nursery Management ...... 35-55 



(1) Seed Beds 36 



(2) Liability to Frosts ...... 36 



(3) Choice of Seed ...... 37 



(4) The Storage of Seed ...... 39 



(5) The Sowing of Seeds ..... 40 



(6) Treatment of Seedlings ..... 47 



(7) Other Methods of Raising Trees . . . 5 2 



(8) Stocking a Nursery with Purchased Plants . . 53 



(9) The Pruning of Nursery Stock . . . .54 

 (10) Lifting the Plants for Planting Out . . . -55 



Insect and Fungoid and other Enemies in the Nursery . . 55-57 



