CONTENTS. 



Xlll 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



REPORTING ON LANDED ESTATES, 



334-338 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



WOODS AND PLANTATIONS, 



339-451 



. 



1. The Importance of Plantations on an Estate, . . . 339 



2. The general System of Managing Plantations, . . 346 



3. The Qualifications necessary in a Forester, .... 348 



4. The Kinds of Trees adapted to different Soils and Situations, . . 349 



5. Estate Nurseries, ........ 354 



6. Planting and Expense of Forming new Plantations, . . .361 



7. The different Kinds of hardy Deciduous Trees, and their Uses, . . 377 



8. The Thinning of Plantations, ...... 382 



9. The Pruning of Forest-Trees, ...... 390 



10. The Disposing of Timber, . . . . . . .395 



11. The Management and Sale of Underwood, ..... 407 



12. The Transplanting of Forest-Trees, ...... 410 



13. The Manufacture of Timber, ...... 421 



14. The Protection of Young Trees from Deer, Hares, and Eabbits, . . 423 



15. The Preservation of Timber, ...... 426 



16. The Conifers, ........ 428 



17. The Cultivation of the newer Conifers in this Country, . . . 445 



18. The Barking of Trees, ....... 448 



19. The Maintenance of a Stock of Game along with the proper Management 



of Woods, 451 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



GAB FOR ESTATE PURPOSES, 



452-454 



CHAPTER XXX. 



ESTATE BOOK-KEEPING, 



455-492 



APPENDIX. 



Cottages and Plans, .... 

 Howard's New Ploughing and Traction Engines, 

 Cropping-Map, ..... 

 Plans of Farms Book, . . 



Notices to Quit, ..... 



INDEX, 



. 493 



. 494 



. 495 



. 490 



. 498 



501-505 



