AUTHOE'S PEEFACE. 



The creation of superior schools for the training 

 of forest subordinates has originated the Manual 

 which I now offer to the public. It has been written 

 with a view to bringing together in a compact form 

 the various notions on forestry, restricting that term 

 to Sylviculture properly so called. Hence I have 

 abstained from discussing the economical questions 

 which form the basis of Forest organization. I have 

 similarly passed over in silence the exploitation or 

 working of forests, felling excepted, which has so 

 great an influence on the reproduction of coppice. 

 It cannot be denied that the treatment of a forest is 

 intimately connected with its Administration ; still 

 it is not necessary to master thoroughly the laws of 

 production and yield in order to learn how to carry 

 out a regeneration cutting, a thinning, or a coppice 

 cutting. 



. While seeking to convey only elementary notions, 

 while writing specially for the benefit of Forest 

 subordinates, I have not overlooked the points which 



