AETIFICIAL FOEESTS OF EUEOPE 



tion of the four different types or 

 classes that constitute at present the 

 artificial forests of Europe. 



The type of artificial forest that 

 differs least from our own eastern 

 woods is one that has received the 

 name of " selection forest." It consti- 

 tutes a transition to the more complex 

 forms. As in our own case, trees of 

 different kinds and of various sizes 

 are intermingled in the forest; but the 

 European forest has more uniformity 

 than ours, and expresses a conceived 

 purpose. This is readily explained by 

 the fact that from the beginning of 

 the new method the trees were never 

 removed indiscriminately from the 

 wooded area, but that a careful selec- 

 tion was made from time to time of 

 certain kinds, according to size and 

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