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will be impossible to avoid using without sacrifleing both 

 accuracy and conciseness, and with regard to many of which 

 we have, as yet, no recognised definitions in English. Cor- 

 rect definitions are the more necessary because, in forestry, 

 terms are borrowed from every-day language, and their 

 special meanings are, therefore, the more liable to be mis- 

 undei'stood. 



Crop. — The terms stock, growing stock, tree-growth and 

 crop all mean the collection of trees growing on a given 

 area. 



Tree. — A woody plant, having a single stem of consider- 

 able length and which is capable of attaining a height of at 

 least 25 feet, is called a tree. The term includes arborescent 

 palms and also bamboos ; but the latter are generally 

 spoken of as such. 



Shmb.— Is a plant which does not attain a height of 25 

 feet and which generally throws out branches at or near, the 

 ground. 



Evergreen tree.— Is one the leaves of which persist for at 

 least a full year. 



Deciduous tree.— Is one which is leafless for some time 

 during each year. 



Conifers.— Are trees which usually bear needle-like leaves. 



Broad-leaved tree.— This term is used to distinguish trees 

 which are not conifers. 



Underwood.— The lowermost tier of growth in a collection 

 of trees is called the underwood. 



Brushwood.- This collective name is given to all inferior 

 shrubs and bush-like growth. The term also includes fallen 

 twigs and small branches in a forest. 



Herbage — Growth which does not become woody is called 

 herbage. 



Windfall.— Is the term applied to trees broken or uprooted 

 by any cause, generally by the wind. 



Gregarious tree.— Is one which has a tendency to form a 

 more or less extended mass of f oi est composed of its own 

 species only. 



Hard-wooded trees or hardwoods— Comprise all trees of 

 which the wood is tough and heavy. The term is used in 

 contradistinction to soft-wooded trees, a name sometimes 

 applied to trees the wood of which is considered to be of 

 little or no value. 



