ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 
The means to accomplish the end are 
very simple. Only one kind of tree 
composes the coppice, and the forest is 
graded in sections, each a year older 
than the preceding. It is like a series 
of blocks, in which each is a little taller 
than the last. The tallest falls by the 
ax, and the next the following year, 
and so through the series till the cycle 
is completed, when it may be resumed 
as before. The repetition is possible 
because a tree is chosen for this kind 
of forest that will renew itself by nat- 
urally sprouting from the stump that is 
always left after cutting. 
The coppice woods must be seen to 
appreciate their charm. They have a 
distinct flavor and a character that one 
easily remembers after a first acquain- 
tance. Not too far removed from the 
town or village, yet often hidden in 
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