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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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INTEODUCTIOX 1 



CHAPTER I. THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTRY .... 4 



1. The ^Esthetic Effect of Forests 4 



2. Effect of Forests upon Climate ...... 5 



3. Effect of Forests upon the Stability of the Soil . . 5 



4. The Produce of Forests -6 



a. Forests and Gaine . . . 6 



b. Forests and the Supply of Timber . -. . . .8 

 f. Uncertainty of Future Supplies of Timber . . . . 10 



5. Conclusions ' 15 



CHAPTER II.- MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 17 



1. Land available for Afforestation . . . . . . 17 



2. Climate and Soil 18 



3. Proprietorship of the Land 21 



a-. Private Proprietors . . . . . . . .21 



1. The State as Proprietor 23 



c. Municipalities as Proprietors ...... 24 



4. The Labour Question Generally . 27 



5. Conclusion 28 



CHAPTER III. THE AFFORESTATION OF SURPLUS LAND AND 

 NOTES ON THE TREATMENT OF SOME TYPES OF BRITISH 

 WOODLANDS .... 29 



1. Soil and the Selection of Species . . . . 30 



2. Pure Woods or Mixed Woods ? . . . 31 



3. The Density of Forest Crops . . . . . . . 36 



4. Yield and Financial Results . . v . . . .39 



5. The Treatment of Game Preserves .51 



6. Conversion of Coppice Woods into High Forests . . .61 



7. The Production of High-class Oak, Ash, and Larch Timber . 63 



8. The Forest of Dean : An Object. Lesaon 67 



APPENDIX. 

 TEN PICTURES ILLUSTRATING THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF 



BEECH, THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-CLASS OAK TIMBER, 

 AND THE PROPER DENSITY OF SPRUCE WOODS . 72 



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