, 40 EEGIME 



We believe that the following practical rule contains the essence 

 of the general conclusions arrived at on the subject of choice of 

 E^gime : " In any given forest, there is reason to change the 

 Regime, if cultural considerations requfte it, or if the system 

 heretofore pursued does not permit of the owner's obtaining results 

 conformable with his interests." If the forest grovfs day by day 

 thinner and blanks tend to grow larger as a result of the Regime in 

 force, the Regime must be changed. If the system pursued can 

 only yield firewood, whereas it is to the advantage of the proprietor 

 to the obtain builders' and artificers' timber, there is equally no 

 room for hesitation. 



The Regime once settled, the Method of Treatment to apply is 

 determined in accordance with the same considerations. ' On this 

 head, in the Coppice Regime, there is scarcely any choice except 

 between Simple Coppice and Coppice with Standards. Now an 

 accurate knowledge of cultural facts and, more than all, the ever 

 increasing value of builders' and artificers' timber, enforce the univer- 

 sal adoption of the latter method of treatment ; besides this, the 

 inevitabe transformation of a simple copse is an easy matter. In the 

 High Forest Regime the choice rests chiefly between the Selection 

 System and the Natural Method. The former, as we shall see later 

 on, suits certain species and is required in certain situations. The 

 facts that render its adoption necessary, are to be observed on the 

 ground, and must be carefully noted by the Amenagiste. Besides 

 this, the substitution of theNatural for the Selection Method is above 

 all things only a question of time. 



