CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER VI 



TIMBER PAGES 



Annual rings — Spring wood — Summer wood — Heart-wood 

 (Duramen) — Sap-wood (Alburnum) — Medullary rays — Dura- 

 bility — Factors which affect durability : Climate, situation, age, 

 season of felling — Species : Douglas Fir, Silver Fir, Larch, 

 Scotch Pine, Spruce, Alder, Ash, Beech, Birch, Sweet Chestnut, 

 Elm (English), Hornbeam, Lime, Oak, Sycamore 44-51 



CHAPTER vn 



CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMON FOREST TREES 



Conifers : Scotch Pine, Austrian Pine, Douglas Fir, Common 

 Spruce, Menzies or Sitka Spruce, Larch, Japanese Larch, 

 Silver Fir. Broad-leaved Trees: Alder, Ash, Beech, Birch, 

 English Elm, Wych Elm, Lime, Oak (Common and Sessile), 

 London Plane, Black Poplar, Sycamore, Willow 52-6S 



CHAPTER VIII 



GENERAL 



Pruning — Wind damage — Care of ornamental timber — Preservation 



of timber 69-77 



LIST OF WORKS CITED 78 



INDEX 79-H2 



