CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



Introduction 1-6 



CHAPTER II 



THE NURSERY 



The site of the nursery — The arrangement of the nursery — 

 Manuring — Sowing of the seeds of trees — Broadcast sowing — 

 Depth of sowing — Sowing in drills — Dressing the seeds — The 

 collection of seeds — Best time for sowing — Quantities of seed — 

 Weeding the seed bed — Watering — Frost -lifting — Trans- 

 planting — Lifting of transplants — Vegetative reproduction — 

 Layers — Cuttings or Sets — Rotation • 7-17 



CHAPTER III 



ESTABLISHMENT OF WOODS 



Preparation of the site — \\'eeds — Weeds on fertile soils — Weeds 

 on marshy soil — Weeds on rough upland pastures — Ling and 

 heather — Gorse and broom -Braclien — Drainage — ^Advantages 

 of drainage — Planting — Pit planting — Notching — Distance 

 between plants — Planting on boggy soils — Natural regeneration lB-23 



CHAPTER IV 



CONDITIONS AFFECTING GROWTH 



Species and soils — Geological formation — Depth of soil — Moisture — 

 Light-demanding and shade-bearing trees — Canopy — Density 

 of the canopy — The influence of the canopy — Thinning — Effect 

 of thinning — Object of thinning 29-37 



CHAPTER V 



METHODS OF SYLVICULTURE 



" High forest " and " coppice " — Under-planting — The two-storied 

 system — Method of coppice — Pure and mixed woods — Mixture 

 by groups — Mixture by single trees 38-43 



