CONTENTS. 



PAET I. SYLVICULTURE. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY AND THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDA- 

 TIONS OF BRITISH FORESTRY ; OUR TIMBER-TREES, AND 

 THEIR SYLVICULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS ; AND THE 

 DIFFERENT FORMS OF WOODLAND CROPS . . 3 



II. THE FORMATION, TENDING, AND RENEWAL OF WOODLAND 



CROPS ....... 47 



PART II. THE MANAGEMENT OF WOODLANDS. 



I. THE MEASUREMENT OF LOGS, STANDING TREES, AND 

 WHOLE CROPS OF TIMBER, AND OF THEIR INCREMENT 

 OR RATE OF GROWTH . . . . .89 



II. THE THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF WOODLAND MANAGEMENT 104 



III. THE MAKING OF A WORKING-PLAN . . .130 



IV. THE VALUATION OF TIMBER-CROPS AND OF WOODLANDS . 139 



PART III. THE PROTECTION OF WOODLANDS. 



I. PROTECTION AGAINST HUMAN ACTS, FARM-STOCK, GAME, 



RODENTS, AND BIRDS ..... 159 

 II. PROTECTION AGAINST INJURIOUS INSECTS . . 181 



III. PROTECTION AGAINST WEEDS, EPIPHYTES, AND FUNGUS 



DISEASES . . . . . .233 



IV. PROTECTION AGAINST DAMAGE FROM INORGANIC CAUSES 253 



