ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 
tion of the four different types or 
classes that constitute at present the 
artificial forests of Europe. 
The type of artificial forest that 
differs least from our own eastern 
woods is one that has received the 
name of “ selection forest.” It consti- 
tutes a transition to the more complex 
forms. As in our own case, trees of 
different kinds and of various sizes 
are intermingled in the forest; but the 
European forest has more uniformity 
than ours, and expresses a conceived 
purpose. This is readily explained by 
the fact that from the beginning of 
the new method the trees were never 
removed indiscriminately from the 
wooded area, but that a careful selec- 
tion was made from time to time of 
certain kinds, according to size and 
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