VI CONTENTS. 



III. HOW THINNING PINE AND FIE PLANTATIONS SHOULD 



BE DONE, 144 



IV. VARIABLE EFFECTS OF THINNING, .... 147 



V. GOOD EFFECTS OF THINNING 153 



VI. EFFECTS OF THINNING ON ADVANCED PINE PLANTA- 

 TIONS, 157 



vn. EFFECTS OF THINNING ON YODNG PLANTATIONS, . 168 

 VIII. EFFECTS OF THINNING ON ADVANCED HARDWOOD 



PLANTATIONS, 174 



IX. THINNING MIXED PLANTATIONS, .... 177 



X. THINNING YOUNG HARDWOOD PLANTATIONS, . . 200 



XI. RULES FOE THINNING, 205 



SECTION III— PEUNING. 



I. INTRODUCTION, .... 

 II. WHY PRUNE? .... 



III. HOW TO PRUNE, 



IV. BENEFITS OP PRUNING, 



V. EVIL EFFECTS OF PRUNING, 

 VI. GAVIN CEEE'S system OF PEDNING, 

 VII. THE FEENCH SYSTEM OF PRUNING, 

 VIIL EXPERIMENTS IN PRUNING, 

 IX. ORNAMENTAL PRUNING, . 

 X. INSTRUMENTS FOR PRUNING, 

 XL RULES FOE PRUNING, 

 XII. CONCLUSION, 



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