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AVOOD AND FOREST. 



Two-storied Seed Forest. A modification of tlie s^ysteni of Eegu- 

 lar Seed Forest is the planting of another and a tolerant species of 

 tree under older intolerant trees to make a cover for the soil, to 

 pi'cvent the growth of grass and weeds, and to improve the quality of 

 the upper growth." 



An illustration of a natural two-storied seed forest is shown in 

 Fig. 126. 



Planting. The planting of forest trees is a comparatively unim- 

 portant part of modern forestry. It is a mistaken idea, not uneom- 



No. 120. Two-storied Seed Forest. Fir under Beech, (Termany. U.S. Forest Si-r7'!ci\ 



mon, that the usual way of reproducing forests is to plant trees. It is 

 true that in the pineries of ISTortli Germany and in the spruce forests 

 of Saxony, it is common to cut clean and then replant, but it is ab- 

 surd to conclude, as some have done, that foiestry consists of planting 

 a tree every time one is cut. Even if planting w^ere the best method, 

 many more than one tree would have to be planted for each one cut, 



' For an intere.stiiit; account of an application of this metliod, see Ward, 



p. 3r,. 



