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teni described on page 177 in two particulars; first, 

 the reserves are left over several rotations for the pro- 

 duction of ver\' large trees, and second, the reser\'es are 

 chiefly trees from the seed, and not sprouts. 



This is a s\steni long in vogue m Kurope, and now 

 practised there ver\' extensiveh', especialh' on private 

 and communal forests. As vet the method has not been 

 used s\'stematicall\' in this countr\', but it will be un- 

 doubtedi\' as soon as there is a market for the products 

 of coppice cut on a short rotation. The description given 

 below necessarily applies to the practise m Europe. 



This system is most simply understood b\' foUowiiig 

 its development from the simple coppice. Suppose that 

 there is a simple coppice managed on a 2()-\ear rota- 

 tion, and it is decided to develop a system of coppice 

 with standards in which the latter will have a rotation of 

 1 00 \ears. 



When the sprouts are cut, a certain number of re- 

 serves are chosen from among the best trees in the 

 stand. Seedling trees are used if they occur; otherw ise 

 the best sprouts are used. If there are likel\ to be no 

 seedlings in the reproduction, some are established b\ 

 planting. Twenty years later, at the time the coppice is 

 again cut, new reserves are chosen among the best trees, 

 preferably seedling trees, of the 20-year-old wood. After 

 cutting there will then be standards 20 and 40 years old. 

 After the following 20 vears, the oldest standards are 60 

 years, the next 40 years old; and then some 20-year-old 

 standards are chosen as before. This process is continued 



