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PART VI 



GENERAL NOTIONS ON ARTIFICIAL 

 RESTOCKING. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERALITIES. In every rational method of 

 working a forest, reproduction ought to be the 

 result of the cuttings themselves. This is one of 

 the essential objects of the science and art of 

 sylviculture. Thus in the different kinds of high 

 forest, reproduction is obtained from seed shed by 

 the trees under conditions favourable to germination, 

 while in coppices it is obtained just as naturally by 

 means of the shoots principally, and secondarily by 

 means of the seeds furnished by the standards. But 

 whatever the precautions taken, in both descriptions 

 of forest there are often spots where seedlings do 

 not come up, or where stools die and leave blanks. 

 At other times it may happen that the reserve does 

 not contain a sufficient proportion of a given 

 species, a mixture of which is necessary, or that 

 this species has disappeared owing to indiscreet 

 operations, or the total absence of all operations. 

 In each of these different cases recourse must be 

 had to artificial means in order to restore the 

 good condition of the forest, or a satisfactory 

 composition of the crops. But such means ought to 



