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cut or pruned without the consent of Government obtained 

 on application to the Forest Department. This rule applies 

 to Municipalities, Divisional Councils, and all corporate 

 bodies. The only road-side trees that may be pruned with- 

 out the consent of Government are those on private pro- 

 perty. Vide Sections 20 24 Government Notice No. 504 

 of 1889, Act No. 28 of 1888. 



"Winter is the best season for felling all kinds of timber, 

 In frosty localities, however, Gums should not be felled 

 in mid-winter, or the frost may kill the young re-shoots. 

 Wattles are felled in Spring, as the bark is the principal 

 product, and it then peels well. 



Grouping of Trees. 



In all plantations the grouping and mixing of the trees 

 is an important point to consider. Oak rarely does well if 

 planted alone with oak. In the forests of Europe it is the 

 mixture of Oak and Beech that produces the magnificent 

 Oaks we there see. The Oak, however, associates well with 

 Pines, and since the Beech does not succeed in these latitudes 

 we fall back upon the Pine, and plant Oaks and Pines to- 

 gether in our plantations. The Cluster-pine is the best for 

 this purpose, but where that tree is too fast-growing for 

 the Oak, Jerusalem or Canary pines may be substituted. 



Again, the Pencil-cedar is perhaps the most valuable of 

 all trees to plant here. But the seed of Pencil-cedar is 

 dear and usually reaches us rather bad, so that young 

 plants of Pencil-cedar are, for the present (till our own trees 

 produce more seed) scarce and costly. But by mixing the 

 Pencil-cedar with one of the cheap slow- growing Pines, 

 such as Stone-pine or Canary-pine, and thinning out these 

 as the trees grow up, the cost of the Pencil-cedar plantation 

 becomes greatly reduced. A similar remark applies ta 

 Jarrah, Camphor trees, and many other valuable species. 

 Mix them with some cheaper tree, that will shelter and 

 carry them up, without dominating them, and then gradually 

 thin out the inferior trees. 



Bands or strips of quick-growing trees, with a dense 

 covert, may be planted as protective fire belts. These 

 trees when planted dense 3 ft. x 3 ft. or 4 ft. x 4 ft. 



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