280 



INDEX. 



Seeds, selection, harvesting, and preservation of, 204 

 ,, examination of, 207 

 ,, soaking of, previous to sowing, 214 

 connection between volume and weight, 215 

 Selection method, what it is, 96 

 its value, 97 



transformation of forests worked by, 98 

 when to be maintained, 101 

 application of, to silver fir and beech, 102 

 ,, to spruce fir, 103 



to hardy species, 104 



general rales for, 105 

 Shade defined, 5 



,, effect of, G 

 Shoot defined, 2 

 Shoots, origin of, 112 

 Shrub defined, 2 

 Silver fir, habitat, 75 



peculiarities of growth, 75 

 uses, 76 

 rotation, 77 



regeneration cuttings, 77 

 improvement cuttings, 78 

 special remarks upon, 79 

 how raised in nurseries, 216 

 and beech mixed, treatment of, 80 

 advantages of, 80 

 rotation, 81 



regeneration cuttings, 81 

 improvement cuttings, 82 

 worked by selection, 102 

 seeds of, when gathered, 205 

 ,, require special care, 208 

 number in given weight or volume, 215 

 ,, quantity to sow per acre, 240 

 Simple coppice defined, 110 



in Prance, 111 

 when profitable, 111 

 standards in, 122 

 maintenance operations, 123 

 cleanings, 123 

 application to oak, 124 

 ,, to beech, 128 

 ,, to sweet chestnut, 130 

 to alder, 131 

 to mixed species, 131 

 Situation defined, 1 

 Slip defined, 204 

 Slipping, 246 

 Small seedlings defined, 221 



