46 Trees from Stools. 



At the risk of repetition I would impress 

 upon all foresters the necessity of cleaning 

 up after every fall of timber, and the total 

 destruction by fire of all dead organic matter. 

 It is a plan I invariably adopt, and if I cannot 

 achieve it at once I do so not later than the 

 following season, when the bare spaces are 

 planted up. 



Another cause over which the forester has 

 control is that arising from the growth of 

 trees from stools. There are of course cases 

 when "tellers " must be left to fill up spaces 

 not occupied by " maiden " trees or "heirs ; " 

 but this practice should never be resorted to 

 if it can be avoided. If it is, care should 

 be taken to select young and small stools, 

 so that there may be a possibility of the 

 stem englohing the stool ; if it does not, the 

 probability is that the base will decay and 

 the future tree be of little value. I have 

 in my practice invariably found this to be 

 the case when " tellers " are eft indiscrimi- 

 nately. 



Before concluding this subject of disease 

 in trees it will be well to offer a few sugges- 



