lyo FORESTRY IN ITALY. 



When trees grown from the seed shall be lacking, the most vigorous sprouts thrown up by 

 roots and stumps shall stand in their stead until seedlings shall have been procured. 



TITLE IV. 



THE FELLING OF TIMBER AND CUTTING OF WOOD IN FORESTS, THE GROWTH OF WHICH 

 CONSISTS OF BOTH LARGE AND SMALL TREES. 



Art. 9. In the felling of timber in forests of the above character, one hundred trees of 

 large growth and full development shall be left standing to the hectare in order to prevent 

 landslides and the spread of malaria, and in case these forests shall be held in servitude, these 

 trees shall not be felled before they shall have reached maturity, when they shall be replaced 

 by other trees equally vigorous ; these trees in their turn shall not be cut for the reasons above 

 named. 



When, however, it shall be impossible to hold in reserve the above quota, double the 



number of good sprouts and suckers shall be substituted in their stead which sprouts and 



suckers shall be allowed to grow until the forest shall have required its normal condition.; 



that is, until it shall have been renewed by the planting of seedling trees which shall have 



attained their maturity. 



TITLE V. 



RENEWAL OF FORESTS. 



Art. 10. When for want of suitable trees it shall be impossible to retain for a nucleus the 

 number of trees prescribed for each hectare, or when there shall be clearings or vacant spaces 

 in the forest, covering 9^ square meters and over, in which the renewal of wooded growth 

 by natural propagation shall have become impracticable, the proprietor shall be required to seed 

 down the land or to set out young trees within the period of two years from the last cutting. 



Similar artificial culture shall be resorted to whenever, at the expiration of three years from 

 the last cutting, a complete renewal of growth in the vacant spaces shall not have been obtained 

 by means of the trees reserved as stock. 



Level lands and lands not subject to slides shall be exempted from the above requirements, 

 also pasture lands, provided they shall have been recognized by the commission as indispensa- 

 ble for pasturage. 



TITLE VI. 



TIME FOR FELLING TIMBER. 



Art. II. The felling of timber in forests of large trees, of broad and narrow-leaf species, 

 as well as in forests of large and small trees mixed, shall occur during the period that elapses 

 between the falling and the budding of the leaves. 



When, however, the land is to be cleared, the cutting may be done at any season of the 

 year, provided: the forestry commission shall have been notified in conformity with article I ; 

 provided no undergrowth shall exist on the land at the time, and, provided, the proprietor 

 shall agree to replant the area cleared. 



TITLE VII. 

 THE REMOVAL OF BARK AND THE EXTRACTION OF RESIN. 



Art. 12. The bark shall be removed from such trees only as are to be felled during the 

 ensuing year ; the felling of these trees may take place at any season. 



Art. 13. In such cases as it shall be lawful to fell cork-trees, then, and then only, shall it 

 be permitted to strip off their bark ; but in tliese cases it shall not be necessary to await the 

 natural shedding of the bark, but it may be removed at such time and in such manner as may 

 be prescribed. 



Art. 14. It shall be lawful to remove the bark from young cork-trees, for the first time, 

 when they shall have attained the age of 15 years, which operation shall not be repeated 

 oftener than once in seven years. 



Art. 15. Wlienever it shall be lawful, as prescribed in article 14, to remove the bark, the 

 trees shall be barked between June and August. 



