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INDEX 



Rides, Wood, Trimming edges of, 228. 

 Rings at timber sales, 153. 

 Romans, Destruction of forests by, 6. 

 Trees introduced by, 57. 



Sales, Auction, 152. 



by private treaty, 149. 



by tender, 150. 

 Savernake, Forest of, 314. 

 Saxons in England, Kemble on, 6. 

 Schlich, Professor, on returns from 



planting, 49. 

 Scots fir, Beauties of, 230. 



Natural regeneration of, 122. 



Sylvicultural treatment of, 101. 



Timber of, 99. 

 Seeds, Tree, 175. 

 Selling timber, chapter vii. 

 Shelter hedges, Value of, in nurseries, 



174. 

 Shrubs adapted for planting, 244. 



Evergreen, 244. 



Treatment of, 240. 

 Silurian formation, Soils on, 43. 

 Silver fir at Longleat, 97. 



Value of, 97. 

 Single trees, Guarding, 261. 



Use of, in park, 261. 

 Soils, Qualities of, for tree growth, 41. 

 Somerville, Dr., on pine beetle, 277. 

 Spruce, Sylvicultural treatment of, 108. 



Menzies, 109. 

 Spring frosts, Effects of, 313. 



Precautions against, 313. 

 Squirrels, Damage done by, 272. 



Suppression of, 272. 

 Sylva, Evelyn's, 10. 

 Sylviculture, Extent of, in English woods, 



Tertiary deposits, Soils on, 43. 

 Thinning and pruning, chapter vi. 

 Thinning, Correct, 131. 



Early authors on, 124. 



Improper methods of, 139. 



Influence of Scotch forester on, 128. 



Principles of, 131. 

 Timber, Felling, 180. 



Markets for, 148, 162, 196. 



Measuring, 163. 



Qualities of, 160. 



Selling, 148. 



Scots pine, 99. 



Value of, 159. 

 Timber trees, Profitable, chapter iv. 



Trametes radiciperda, Life -history of, 

 309. 



Preventive measures against, 309. 

 Trees as boundary marks, 7. 



Heavy-foliaged, 218. 



in back-ground, 212. 



in fore-ground, 209. 



in landscape, 203. 



Introduction of, 57. 



Light-foliaged, 218. 



on flat ground, 206. 



on hillsides, 207. 



Soils adapted for, 41. 

 Tree seeds, Collecting, 175. 



Sowing, 175. 



Storing, 175. 



Under-wood, Buyers of, 187. 

 Cutting, 185. 

 Working up, 186. 



Value of timber, Considerations affecting, 



159. 

 Valuing timber, 159. 



Experience necessary for, 161. 

 Variety in plantations, 218. 

 Vvedale Price on clumps, 254. 



Wey mouth pine, 104. 



at Longleat, 105. 



Soils adapted for, 10:. 

 White poplar, 83. 

 Wind, Damage done by, 311. 



Preventive measures against, 312. 

 Windsor Park, Acorns first sown in, 11. 

 Winter moth, Damage done by, 276. 

 Woodland, Area of, in England, 21. 



Possible extension of, 39. 

 Woodland work, chapter ix. 

 Woods, Arboriculture in, 30. 



Mixed, 23. 



Ornamental, 220. 



Returns from, 29. 



Sylviculture in, 30. 

 Working plans, 192. 



Advantages of, 195. 



Age classes in, 199. 



Difficulties of, 193. 



Considerations affecting, 193. 



Example of, 197. 



Periods in, 199. 



Working circles in, 198. 

 Work, Woodland, chapter ix. 



Yields of timber trees, 48. 



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