282 INDEX. 



Suckers, value of, 113, 136 



species that send up, 114 

 Surface firing in oak coppice (Ardennes), 124 



,, in direct sowings, 234 

 Surface water, effect of, on climate, 7 

 Sweet chestnut, why suited for simple coppice, 111 



,, treatment of, in simple coppice, 130 



Sylviculture denned, 1 



Tall seedlings defined, 221 



,, when to be used, 221 



Taproot, treatment of, in nurseries, 223 

 Tapping of Cluster pine for resin, 254 et sq%. 

 Teller, 134, 135 



Tellers, how to distinguish coppice shoots from, 135 

 Temperate climate defined, 11 

 Tire et aire, method known as, 92 



,, disadvantages of, 93 



,, advantages of, 95 



Thicket defined, 4 

 Thinnings, principal object of, 36 



definition of, 36 



method of. See Natural Method. 



classification of, 37 



leaf-canopy to be preserved in, 37 



reasons for preserving leaf-canopy, 37 



when to be repeated, 39 



periodical, 40 



last, 41 



special character of, in mixed forests, 41 



advantages of, 42 



in coppice with standards, 152 



in conversion operations, 183 

 Thorns counted as brushwood, 5 

 Topsoil defined, 1 

 Transplanting into nursery lines, 221 



frame, 222 



Transport of produce from a cutting, 191 



of seedlings, 224 



Treatment, methods of, what is meant by, 3 

 Tree defined, 2 

 Trenching in nurseries, 212 

 Turpentine, spirits of, obtained from resin of Cluster pine, 262 



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Ulmus diffusa to be rejected from mixed forests, 66 

 Underwood defined, 5 



