HIGHWOODS, COPSES, ETC. 285 
other by an age corresponding with the rotation 
of the falls of coppice and overwood. 
Say the local conditions as to soil, situation, 
and sale of produce recommend a rotation of 
twenty years, and permit of an overshadowing of 
the underwood which may extend to about two- 
thirds of the area at the time of each fall, then 
some such distribution of the oak standards may 
advantageously be aimed at as the following :— 
Sint ars a Total Area overshadowed by the 
ae Number Growing. Standards. 
al Ss} al OM-) 
Mendanis, | Standards| yi*. |"Mmencement 
selected of each Just after Just before 
fO-remalne Rotation. each Fall. jeach Fall. 
Sq. feet. Sq. feet. Sq. feet. 
Young Stores . 40 20 25 1000 7000 
Double Stores . 20 40 175 3500 gooo 
Young Trees . Io 60 450 4500 7000 
Old Trees. 5 80 700 3500 5000 
Total . 75 he ee 12,500 28,000 
Proportion of Area overshadowed by Stan- about nearly % of 
dards (on land of good quality only) 7 of area, area,* 
* The extent to which overshadowing by the standards is admissible depends greatly on the 
quality of the land. In the above particular case the land onthe Blackmoor estate is of very 
good quality. Gilbert White speaks of the soil as being ‘remarkable for timber and infamous 
for roads. The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of purveyors, and 
have furnished much naval timber.’ 
