INDEX. 277 



Nitrification of the soil, 226, note 

 Nurseries, site of, 210 



area of, 211 



fencing in, 211 



preparation of soil in, 211 



laying out of, 212 



manner of sowing, 212 



season for sowing, 214 



quantity of seed to use in, 214 



shelter to young seedlings, 216 



manuring in, 217 



watering, 218 



irrigation of, 218 



weeding in, 219 



earthing up of plants in, 219 



hoeing in, 220 

 Nursery lines, transplanting into, 221 



,, extraction of seedlings from, 224 



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Oak, what kinds to be understood by the word, 44 

 ,, habitat, 44 



peculiarities of growth, 44 

 ,, uses, 45 

 ,, rotation, 45 

 ,, pure, regeneration, 46 

 ,, primary cutting, 46 

 ,, secondary cutting, 47 

 ,, ,, final cutting, 47 

 ,, ,, cleanings, 48 

 thinnings, 50 



and beech mixed, advantages of, 56 

 ,, disadvantages of, 57 



,, rotation, 57 



primary cutting, 57 



,, secondary cutting, 58 



,, final cutting, 59 



cleanings, 59 



thinnings, 60 



and hornbeam mixed, advantages of, 61 

 ,, rotation, 63 



,, primary cutting, 63 



,, secondary cutting, 64 



final cutting, 64 



cleanings, 64 



thinnings ^5 



summary of treatment of High Forest of, 67 et sqq. 

 treatment of, in simple coppice, 124 ct sqq. 



,, in coppice with standards, 166 et sqq. 



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