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MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS ON SILVICULTURE 



Standish, A. New directions of experience by the authour for 

 the planting of timber and firewood, -with a neere estimation 

 what millions of acres the kingdome doth containe, what acres 

 is waste ground, whereon little profite for this purpose will 

 arise, what millons hath been woods, and bush-grounds, 

 what acres is woods, and in how many acres so much timber 

 will bee contained, as will maintaine the kingdome for all 

 uses for euer . . . Q. 1613. f 



[Langley, Batty.] A sure method of improving estates by plan- 

 tations of Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech and other timber-trees, cop- 

 pice woods &c. ; wherein is demonstrated the necessity and 

 advantages thereof, their manner of raising, cultivating, fell- 

 ing &c. in all kinds of soils, whereby estates may be greatly 

 improved . . . [S]+22+274 pp. 1 pi. O. London, 1728.— 

 The landed gentlemen's useful companion ; or, A sure and 

 easy method of improving estates by plantations of Oak, Elm, 

 Beech, Birch, Platanus, Portugal Chesnut, Horse Chesnut, 

 Walnut, Lime, Service, Maple, Sycamore, Hornbeam, Quick- 

 beam, Hazel, Fir, Pine and all kinds of aquaticks &c. ; wherein 

 is demonstrated the necessity and advantage thereof, with 

 their manner of raising, cultivating, felling &c. in all kinds of 

 soils, whereby estates may be greatly improved ; together with 

 an appendix, of the mensuration of timber, after the common 

 method, and the deceitful way of taking dimensions, likewise 

 geometrical rules for the true mensuration thereof, the whole 

 being founded on above thirty years of experience and now 

 first published for the benefit of the publick by a Country 

 Gentleman. [8]+ 20+274 pp. 1 pi. O. London, 1741. 



The great improvement of commons that are enclosed, for the 



' advantage of the lords of manors, the poor, and the publick. 

 Wherein is set forth an experienced method of enriching 

 every sort of soil, and improvements in His Majesty's forest 

 for raising timber in the quickest manner, with many other 

 discoveries . . . [2]+ 62 pp. il. D. London, 1732. 



Of the etymology, contemplative, civil, and sacred uses of 

 woods, groves, and forests; and of the proper choice of soil, 

 and culture proper for raising of timber, underwood, &c. 

 . . . 1733. (In The practical husbandman and planter 

 ... II. no. 5, pp. 67-98. 1734.) 



Watkins, William. A treatise on forest-trees. [6]+ 46 pp. 

 1 il. O. London, 1753. 



[Wade, Edward.] A proposal for improving and adorning 

 the island of Great Britain ; for the maintenance of our navy 

 and shipping ... by parochial plantations of timber and 

 other trees, upon the forests, chaces, commons, and waste 

 grounds throughout the kingdom. 60 pp. sq. O. London, 

 1755. 



[Anderson, James.] Miscellaneous observations on planting 

 and training timber-trees; particularly calculated for the 

 climate of Scotland. In a series of letters, by Agricola. 

 [4]+ 230 pp. O. Edinburgh, 1777. 



Forbes, Francis. The improvement of waste lands . . . and 

 propagating Oak and other timber upon neglected and waste 

 land . . . 11+210 pp. O. London, 1778. 



Emmerich, A. The culture of forests; with an appendix in 

 which the state of the royal forests is considered and a sys- 

 tem proposed for their improvement. 122+21 pp. O. Lon- 

 don, 1789. 



Hamilton, G. J. Essay on woods & plantations. (Highl. Agric. 

 Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 1, V. 201^89. 1820.) 



Billington, William. A series of facts, hints, observations and 

 experiments on . . . raising young plantations of Oaks . . . 

 with remarks upon the fencing, draining, pruning and train- 

 ing young trees . . . with hints . . . upon fruit trees. 10+330+ 

 1 pp. il. 1 pi. O. London, 1825. 



Mitchell, J[ohn]. Dendrologia; or, A treatise of forest trees, 

 with Evelyn's Silva revised, corrected and abridged . . . 

 it comprises the seminary, nursery, transplanting, training, 

 thinning, pruning, felling, measuring, valuing, selling, con- 

 verting, and final decomposition by age, dry rot, etc. 281 pp. 

 il. pi. tab. O. Keighley, 1827. 



For complete work see Evelyn, John. Sylva . . . 1664. 



Monteath, Robert. Miscellaneous reports on woods and plan- 

 tations; shewing a method to plant, rear and recover all 

 woods, plantations and timber trees on every soil and situa- 

 tion in Britain and Ireland ... in a letter to the Right Hon. 

 Robert Peel. [12]+ 155 pp. 1 il. 2 pi. O. Dundee, 

 (Scotland), 1827. 



Withers, William, (jr.) . A memoir, addressed to the Society for 

 the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, on 

 the planting and rearing of forest-trees. Ed. 2. 40 pp. O. 

 Holt, 1827. 



T-p-c. has the date 1S26. 



Monteath, Robert. A new and easy system of draining and 

 reclaiming the bogs and marshes of Ireland, with plans for 

 improving waste lands in general; to which are added miscel- 

 laneous reports of recent surveys of woods and plantations, 

 also an equitable method of valuing woods, plantations and 

 trees of all ages, when sold with estates. 20 + 239 pp. 1 il. 

 3 pi. O. Edinburgh, 1829. 



Withers, William, (jr.). A letter to Sir Henry Steuart, bart. , 

 on the improvement in the quality of timber to be effected 

 by the high cultivation and quick growth of forest trees. 

 133 pp. O. Holt, 1829. 



Matthew, Patrick. On naval timber and arboriculture; with 

 critical notes on authors who have recently treated the sub- 

 ject of planting. 16+391 pp. O. Edinburgh, 1831. 



Monteath, Robert. Remarks on the culture & utility of some 

 kinds of home-grown timber which might be used in house- 

 building in preference to foreign timber. (Highl. Agric. Soc. 

 Scotland Trans, ser. 2, III. (1831-32), pp. 259-266. 1832.) 



Philo-Sylva, (pseud.). The management of forest trees. (Gard. 

 Chron. 1841, p. 163.) 



On the proper management of forest trees. (Penny Mag. 

 [XL] 373-374. 1842.) 



Falkner, Charles. On the planting and management of forest- 

 trees. (Agric. Soc. England Jour. III. 263-297. 1842.) 



West, J. Remarks on the management, or rather the mis- 

 management, of woods, plantations and hedge-row timber. 

 8+ 128 pp. O. Newark, (Eng.,) 1842. 



Young, James. Remarks on planting and the management 

 of woods. (Gard. Chron. 1846, pp. 787-788.) 



Management of woods. (Gard. Chron. 1848, pp. 134- 



135, 156-157.) 



Bailey, Henry. Management of forest trees. (Paxton's Mag. 

 Bot. XVI. 56-58, 79-S2. 1849.) 



Lovell, George. On the management of forest-trees considered 

 in relation to the durability of timber. (Hort. Soc. Lond. 

 Jour. IV. 276-282. 1849.) 



Newton, G. W. A treatise on the growth and future manage- 

 ment of timber trees, and on other rural subjects, with an 

 appendix addressed to the landed proprietors of North 

 Derbyshire. 8+ 120 pp. 10 pi. O. London, 1859. 



Michie, C. Y. On the formation and management of young 

 plantations. (Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans. 1863-65, 

 pp. 65-78. 1865.) 



Report on the management and sale of timber. (Highl. 



Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, I. (1866-67), pp. 115-141. 

 1867.) 



Hutchison, Robert. On the species of timber trees suitable 

 to the different soils, elevations and exposures in Scotland, 

 and the effects produced on the different varieties. (Scott. 

 Arb. Soc. Trans. IV. 31-46. 1868.) 



Michie, C. Y. Report on the general management of planta- 

 tions. (Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, II. (1S68- 

 69), pp. 245-270. 1869.) 



Brown, E. R. On the formation & management of young plan- 

 tations. (Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, III. 

 (1870-71), pp. 103-114. 1871.) 



Michie, C. Y. On the formation & management of young plan- 

 tations. (Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, III. 

 (1870-71), pp. 408-423. 1871.) 



Gilchrist, William. On the formation and management of 

 young plantations, 1868. (Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans. 

 ser. 4, III. (1870-71), pp. 423-446. 1871.) 



Miiller, Ferdinand, Baron von. Forest culture. (Gard. Chron. 

 1871, pp. 1680-1681; 1872, pp. 10-11,43-44, 110-112. 1871- 

 72.) 



Michie, C. Y. On the general management of plantations. 

 (Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, IV. 138-156. 

 1872.) 



Bayne, Lewis. On the general management of plantations. 

 ( Highl. Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, VII. 69-S2. 1875.) 



Wilkie, Thomas. On the management of plantations. ( Highl. 

 Agric. Soc. Scotland Trans, ser. 4, X. 132-140. 1878.) 



Tree planting in Ireland. (Gard. XXITL 413-414. 1883.) 



Brown, J. C. The forests of England and the management of 

 them in byegone times. 16+26.3 pp. D. Edinburgh, 1883. 



[Baty, William.] The management of plantations in Cumber- 

 land. [1884.] (Jour. For. X. 24-30. [18S5.]) 



Evershed, H[enry]. Woods and wilds of Shetland. (Jour. 

 For. VIII. 252-256. [1884.]) 



