ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 



The means to accomplish the end are 

 very sunple. Only one kind of tree 

 composes the coppice, and the forest is 

 graded in sections, each a year older 

 than the preceding. It is like a series 

 of blocks, in which each is a little taller 

 than the last. The tallest falls by the 

 ax, and the next the following year, 

 and so throngh the series till the cycle 

 is completed, when it may be resumed 

 as before. The repetition is possible 

 because a tree is chosen for this kind 

 of forest that will renew itself by nat- 

 urally sprouting from the stump that is 

 always left after cutting. 



The coppice woods must be seen to 

 appreciate their charm. They have a 

 distinct flavor and a character that one 

 easily remembers after a first acquain- 

 tance. ISTot too far removed from the 

 town or village, yet often hidden in 

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