INDEX. 275 



H 



Hardwoods defined, 5 

 Hatchet, use of, in coppice, 119 

 Hazel counted as brushwood, 5 

 Heavy thinning denned, 37 



when generally made, 41 



Hedge-row trees, 169 

 High forest denned, 3 



three methods of treating, 22 



,, general rules for, 26, 43 



general object of, 22 



irregular, 92, 107 



comparison between various methods of treating, 107 



over coppice, 110, 145 



,, and coppice compared, 170 

 High poles denned, 4 

 Hoeing of nursery beds, 220 

 Holly counted as brushwood, 5 

 Holm oak, why adapted to simple coppice, 111 



,, reproduction in coppice, 114 

 Hornbeam, value of, as a companion for oak, 61 



,, habitat, 62 



,, peculiarities of growth, 63 



,, uses, 63 



and oak mixed, treatment of, 61 et sqq. 



seeds of the, test for, 208 



,, number in given weight, 215 



quantity to sow per acre, 240 



Hot climate defined, 11 

 Hygroscopicity of soils, 12 



I 



Improvement cuttings. See Cleanings, Thinnings. 

 Irrigation of nursery beds, 218 



Larch, natural method not applicable to, 91 

 ,, treatment of, by selection, 105 



,, seed of the, quantity in given weight or volume, 215 

 ,, quantity to sow per acre, 240 



Last thinning in natural method, character of, 41 

 Layers defined, 204 



,, propagation by means of, 247 

 Leaf canopy defined, 3 



}> different states of, 4 



,, advantages of, 35 



,, to be preserved in thinnings, 37 



Lette, 249 

 Light soils, 15 



