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Methods of Sylviculture 



On the hill-side, where the soil was found to be thin and 

 possessing free drainage, larch was planted. On the lower 

 slope of the hill the increasing fertility of the soil induced the 

 planting of oak. This area was small, and soon gave place to a 

 swampy bit of ground only capable of growing alder and birch. 

 The corresponding lower sloping ground on the left was then 

 planted with more oak. 



(2) Mixture by single trees. 



This method is excellent in those cases where a moderate 

 planting area has soil of a constant nature throughout. 



The following diagram will illustrate the advantages of this 

 method of mixing. The plan shown is one that specially lends itself 

 to the cultivation of timber in connection with game preserving. 



L. = Larch. Sp. = Spruce. 0. = Oak. A.=Ash. 



The main object fulfilled by such a scheme as the above is that 

 the species which is valuable in the pole stage — i.e., the larch, can be 

 removed in the thinnings. The ash trees would be removed later 

 on, leaving the oak trees as the main crop. The spruce would fulfil 

 the double object of giving cover to game and shading the soil. 



