LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



1 Bavarian sowing-board - 10 



2 Stump with " stool-shoots " 15 



3 " Stool-shoot " pegged down 16 



4 A " cutting " - 17 



5 Transplants : right and wrong method of inserting - 23 



6 T and L methods of " notching " 24 



7 " Notching " by the T method 24 



8 Diagram of section of tree trunk with branch - 86 



9 Board cut from tree trunk along line AB in Fig. 8, to show knot 36 



10 Mixture by groups 41 



11 Leaf and fruit of Beech (Fagus sylvatica) 60 



12 Leaf of Common Birch (Betula pubescens) 61 



13 Leaf of Silver Birch [Bettila verrucosa) 61 



14 Leaf of English Elm (Ulmus campestris) 62 



15 Leaf of Cornish Elm (Ulmus glabra) 62 



16 Leaf of Wych Elm (Ulmus montana) 63 



17 Leaf and fruit of Common Oak (Quercus pedunculata) 64 



18 Leaf and fruit of Sessile Oak (Quercus sessiliflora) 64 



19 Leaf and fruit of Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) 64 



20 Leaf and fruit of London Plane (Platanus acerifolia) 66 



21 Leaf and fruit of Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis) 66 



22 Leaf of Black Poplar (Populus nigra) 67 



23 Trunk of tree showing how rot often commences by the retention 



of rain-water in the fork, and the method of treatment 73 



24 Trunk of tree showing rot, due to broken or improperly-pruned 



branches, and the method of treatment - 74 



25 Creosote Steeping Plant (Black's) for the preservative treatment 



of timber 77 



