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boundary marks ; and they adorn the forest. The establish- 

 ment of such belts, the species to be preserved, etc., should 

 therefore be considered, and if necessary should be prescribed 

 in the working-plan. 



10. Works of improvement.— The works of improvement 

 required in coppice forests are generally limited to the 

 re-stocking of blanks, which are common enough in such 

 I'orests, and in some cases to the construction of ditches or 

 fences for the exclusion of cattle. Coppice forests are not 

 likely to b6 formed except for the supply of fuel in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of villages and of large towns, and 

 therefore in situations exceedingly liable to trespass. A 

 ^itch or a wire fence is often the cheapest way of putting a 

 stop to cattle trespass which, in view of the short intervals 

 at which the stock in coppice forests is renewed, is a grave 

 danger. 



SEorioN III. — The working scheme under the coppice- 

 selection METHOD. 



1. The general working scheme.— The coppice-selection 

 method of treatment, a selection method in which reproduc- 

 tion is obtained by coppice instead of by seed, is believed 

 to be only applied in India in the treatment of bamboos, of 

 which the " culms " may be compared to coppice shoots. 

 Snch fellings may ba carried on simaltaueously with those 

 under whatever method of treatment is applied to other 

 species in the forest where the bambooi are growing. The 

 whole bamboo producing area, or so much of it as it is 

 desirable to exploit, maybe divided into two or three coupes, 

 which are visited in turn every two or three years, as the 

 case may be, care being taken alwrays to leave a certain 

 number of shoots in each clump, as well as all new shoots 

 under two years in age. 



Such fellings are organised and prescribed by area in 

 the way that would be followed for simple-coppice worked 

 on a very short felling rotation. The possibility regulates 

 itself ; and all that is required is to parcel out the area into 

 two or three coupes to be worked in regular rotation. 



Section IV. — The working scheme under the branch 



COPPICE METHOD. 



1. The general scheme. -In certain parts of India, notably in 

 hilly or mountainous country, the inhabitants praoLise 



