CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



ENGLISH FORESTS AND ORIGIN OF FORESTRY 



Probable Extent and Condition of English Forests in Prehistoric Times 

 Influence of the Roman Occupation on Natural Woodland The 

 Forest Laws of the Normans Causes of Gradual Reduction of the 

 Natural Forest Area Effect of the Charta Foresta Rise of Economic 

 Forestry in England owing to the Gradual Exhaustion of the Natural 

 Supply Early Attempts at Forest Conservation in the Fourteenth, 

 Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries Effect of the Reformation on 

 Monastic Woodlands Destruction of Timber during the Civil War 

 John Evelyn and his Efforts in the cause of Forest Planting Scarcity 

 of Naval Timber during the Eighteenth Century Influence of Estate 

 Development on Forestry during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth 

 Centuries Landscape Gardening and its Effect on English Forestry 

 The Evolution of the Modern Plantation .... 



CHAPTER II 



PRESENT CONDITION OF ENGLISH FORESTRY 



Area of English Woodlands Position of Estate Woodlands in Rural 

 Estate Economy Sylviculture in English Forestry, and the Effects 

 upon it of Arboriculture and Landscape Gardening General Condition 

 of English Plantations Sylvicultural Systems Financial Results of 

 English Forestry Game and English Forestry . . .19 



CHAPTER III 



PROSPECTS AND POSSIBILITIES OF ENGLISH FORESTRY 



Possible Extension of the Woodland Area Waste Land and Soils adapted 

 for Planting Financial Results Possible or Probable Improvement 

 of existing Woodlands Desirability of State Aid for the Woodland 

 Proprietor The Finance Act of 1894 . . . . .39 



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