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Demy 8vo, Illustrated, cloth gilt, 5s. 

 SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION OF 



Webster's Practical Forestry. 



The third Edition of Webster's Practical 

 Forestry has been extensively enlarged and 

 revised by the author, Mr. Angus D. 

 Webster, and is offered to the public 

 tastefully bound in an ornamentally 

 designed cloth cover, price 5s. With the 

 exception of one or two highly-priced 

 books, this is the only standard work 

 dealing with the subject. Numerous illus- 

 trations have been added in the new 

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 assistance in explaining the various opera- 

 tions treated of in the next. Several fresh 

 chapters have also been incorporated in the 

 book, which now contains practical infor- 

 mation on the following, among other 

 subjects : — 



The' Home Nursery, its Formation and Management — The Collecting 

 and Harvesting of Seeds — The Propagating of Trees and Shrubs — The 

 Laying Out oi Plantations— The Kind of Trees Suited to Various Soil 

 and Conditions — The Planting of Large Towns, Seaside and Exposed 

 Positions— Hedgerow and Field Planting— The Formation and Manage- 

 ment of Game Coverts— Ornamental Planting— Osier Culture- 

 Thinning Plantations— Tree Pruning— Barking Oak— Manufacture of 

 Charcoal— Utilization of Waste Forest Produce— Formation of Hedges 

 and Fences— Timber Measuring— Diseases of Forest Trees, etc., etc. 



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