A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



According to the official agricultural returns there were 22,844 acres of woodland in Hert- 

 fordshire in 1891, excepting plantations; 307 acres had been newly planted since 1881, giving 

 a total for the county of 23,151 acres. The woodland returns of the year 1895 show an increase 

 of about 1,400 acres, the total of woods and plantations having risen to 24,543. It is satis- 

 factory to notice that the increased attendon given to arboriculture during the past decade 

 shows a further large increase of some 2,000 acres. The latest return (5 June 1905) gives a 

 woodland total for Hertfordshire of 26,568 acres. This total is divided into coppice 8,167, 

 plantations 1,104, and other woods 17,297. Coppice in this return means woods that are cut 

 over periodically and reproduce themselves naturally by stool shoots ; plantations mean land 

 planted or replanted within the last ten years. 



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