50 CULTURE OF THE MARITIME PINE. 



" Both Eclaircies, or thinnings, and Elagages, or prunings, are deli- 

 cate operations, which should only be entrusted to conscientious 

 and skilled workmen. The woodman who is engaged on piece work 

 works without other consideration than how he can increase the 

 number of his faggots and of his carts of charcoal, and it is to be 

 feared that in his precipitation he might sacrifice trees which in 

 every respect deserve to be preserved." 



