VI CONTENTS. 



, CHAPTER IV. 



PAGE 



System of thinning and rearing up of Fir Plantations. — 

 System of thinning and rearing up of Mixed Hard-Wood 

 Plantations. — Rearing uj) and thinning of Oak Planta- 

 tions, 129 



CHAPTER V. 



The Management of Oak Coppice- Wood. — Cause of Disease 

 among Larch Fir Plantations. — How to find the A'^alue of 

 young Plantations and of full-grown Timber Trees. — A 

 few practical Remarks relative to the Maimer in which 

 Wood ought to be prepared for Public Sale, . . . 181 



