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INDEX. 



Limes included under soft-woods, 5 

 ,, reproduction in coppice, 114 

 Limestone soils, character of, 13 

 Ling, noxious weed in Scotch pine forests, 85 

 List of species, 268 

 Littoral Dune, the, what it is, 250 



,, method of fixing, 250 



Locating cuttings, rules for, 188 et sqq 

 Lopping, distinguished from pruning, 158 



method of, 161 

 Low poles denned, 4 



M 



Manure, to use in nurseries, 217 

 Maple, in mixed high forest, 65 



not to be eradicated from beech forests, 55 



the sycamore, dangerous in silver fir forests, 78 



,, seed of the, examination of, 208 

 Marl, 16 

 Marshy soils, 15 

 Medium seedlings, defined, 221 



,, when used, 221 



Method of thinnings. See Natural Method. 

 Methods of treatment, what is meant by, 3 



in high forest, three principal, 22 



Mild climate, 11 

 Mineral composition of soils, 12 

 Moderate thinning defined, 37 



when made, 40 



Moist soils, 15 

 Mould, vegetable, defined, 2 



,, effect on soils of, 14 



Mountain pine, natural method not applicable to, 91 



N 

 Natural method, the, summary of, 24 et sqq 



summary of treatment of oak by, 67 

 compared with artificial restocking, 33, 67, 197. 

 application of, to pure oak, 44 

 to pure beech, 51 

 to oak and beech mixed, 56 

 to oak and hornbeam mixed, 61 

 to broad-leaved species mixed, 65 

 to silver fir, 75 



to beech and silver fir mixed, 80 

 to Scotch pine, 82 

 to other conifers, 91 

 Natural phenomena on which natural method is based, 24 

 Natural seedlings, how used in artificial restocking, 209 

 ,, versus Nursery plants, 209 



