g08 CONCLUSIOK. 



by maintaining, by means of the same trees or underwood, cover 

 overhead and shelter from the heat of the sun's rays, its covering 

 of organic detritus, and a spontaneous growth of species adapted 

 to the locahty. Then again, in producing a change of condition, 

 it is often possible to effect the transition with caution and judg- 

 ment, so as to minimize its concomitant evil effects and thus 

 obviate the deterioration and decay of the tree. But vyhen we 

 have said so much, we have said all, and in maintaining any tree 

 under conditions favorable to its longevity, its growth, and the 

 quality of its timber, we may be said to have done to it all the 

 good of which we are capable. Only these conditions are not the 

 same for one species as for another, and they differ also for one 

 and the same species with the state of the individual tree and 

 its surrounding circumstances, so that the task of the sylvicul- 

 turist too varies with every tree that he has to deal with. 



The work of organisation also is necessarily varied accord- 

 ing to the forest concerned. All points of difference have, therefore 

 to be noted and indicated, after the general rules applicable have 

 been laid down. Every forest offers a real and living individua- 

 lity. It differs from every other forest by its situation, its soil 

 and. component crops, by its area, the outline of the cantons which 

 compose it, by the roads which intersect it, by the estates which 

 surround it, and by the conditions under which it is at the time 

 growing. There are no two forests, any more than two towns, 

 exactly alike, and it would be a great mistake to suppose that 

 the organisation of forests adjoining each other or situated in the 

 same region can be built up on the same framework or pattern. 

 The Amenagiste, if he laboured under so erroneous an impression 

 would lack the very fundamental idea that should guide him, and 

 instead of adapting himseK to circumstances, would vainly en- 

 deavour to force circumstances to suit his silly imaginings. 



A good Organisation Project ought to take into full ac- 

 count all the available resources of the forest concerned that 

 constitute its actual value, of the existing factors of production 

 on which its future value depends, of the"- distribution of the age 

 classes on the ground, of its internal and external export lines, of 

 all noteworthy facts peculiar to it that combine to distinguish it 

 from all other forests. These facts must first of all be recognised. 



