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by yielding a regular supply of forest 

 timber in addition to the underwood that 

 coppice can now be expected to pay its 

 way, and at the same time preserve those 

 features which make it so attractive to 

 game. 



Stored coppice consists of a full and 

 dense underwood covering all the planted 

 area, surmounted by an overwood of 

 standard trees. The underwood must be 

 of a nature to bear a moderate amount of 

 shade without loss of vigour, while the 

 overwood should consist for the most part 

 of thin-crowned trees such as ash, oak, and 

 larch which admit enough light to let the 

 underwood thrive beneath, with sparing 

 admixture of spruce and silver to provide 

 night lodging for the pheasants. 



Both shall alike be worked on a 

 regular rotation, the exact period varying 

 according to local conditions, which deter- 

 mine the nature of the crop, and the local 

 market, which settles the age to which 

 the underwood may be allowed to attain. 

 The underwood commonly consists of oak. 



