272 INDEX. 



Cereals, cultivation of, in Sartage, 124 



,, useful as nurses in sowings of elm, 245 

 Chestnut, the sweet, why suited for simple coppice, 111 



treatment of, in simple coppice, 130 



Chestnuts, preservation of, 207 

 Classification of soils, 15 

 Clay soils, properties of, 13 

 Cleanings defined, 34 



,, in high forest, 34 

 in simple coppice, 123 

 in coppice with standards, 150 

 in conversion operations, 183 

 Clear cutting defined, 5 

 Climate defined, 1 

 of plains, 6 

 of mountains, 8 

 of France classified, 11 

 ,, influence of elevation on, 8 

 forests on, 7 

 surface water on, 7 

 aspect on, 9 

 mountain chains on, 8 

 soil on, 8 



proximity of the sea on, 8 

 Climbing-irons, use of, deprecated, 48, 159 

 Clump defined, 2 

 Clump planting, 229 

 Cold climate defined, 11 

 Colophony, preparation of, 262 

 Colour of soils, 12 

 Comparison between the different methods of treating high 



forest, 107 



Complete crop defined, 4 

 Complete seeding, meaning of term, 30 

 Conifer seeds, collection of, 205 



,, ,, preservation of, 206, 244 

 drying-houses for, 240 



,, extraction of, from the cones, 242 

 ,, ,, wings, how removed, 243 

 Conifers, the general characters of, 17 



,, structure of the wood of, 86, note 



Consistency of crops, 4 

 Conversion of coppice into high forest, 170 



,, ,, exemplified, 175 



Coppice, defined, 3 



,, simple. See Simple Coppice. 

 ,, origin of shoots, 112 

 ,, length of rotation, 114 

 ,, annual yield, 116 



