FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCEIfERY 



cept in certam forests on flats and 

 levels, nor do they necessarily lie 

 side by side in the consecutive order of 

 size and age. Finally, the high forest 

 also differs from the coppice in the 

 manner of its origin; for, while the 

 former owes its existence to seedlings 

 that have grown up spontaneously, or 

 been sown or planted, the coppice is a 

 young forest that has sprouted from 

 the stumps of trees that have been cut. 

 Thus the high forest, while it may 

 be compared with the coppice in its 

 construction, is yet in certain respects 

 so different from it as to convey a very 

 distinct impression. I here disregard 

 the younger portions of the forest, for, 

 in the light of the present discussion, 

 they are merely preparatory to the 

 mature forest, destined to be useful 



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