THE FOREST OF DEAN I AN OBJECT LESSON. 71 



beech need not occupy more than half the crop, or it may be 

 kept almost altogether below the oak. 



Let us hope that the twentieth century foresters will profit 

 by the lesson, and revert to methods of treatment which will 

 secure the continued yield capacity of the soil, and thus lead 

 to returns far higher than those which have been obtained of 

 late from extensive woodlands in these islands. 



