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(3) Regeneration. 
In deciding on the best method for regenerating our Anjan forests, 
we must be guided by such considerations as soil, climate, external 
dangers, and the sylvicultural habits of the species. 
Planting we can rule out at once as quite unfeasible. 
Direct sowing by itself is costly, and the necessary seed may not 
be always available. 
Generally speaking, we may say that conditions of soil, climate, and 
cost, as well as past experience, point to artificial regeneration, by 
itself at any rate, being out of place. 
This brings us to the two chief methods of natural regeneration, 
which will be dealt with separately. 
(a) Natural Regeneration by Shoots. 
We take this system first, as it is that which, so far as we are 
aware, is at present in force throughout all our Anjan forests. In 
theory the system in force is a combination of natural regeneration by 
seed, with regeneration by stool shoots, known as coppice with standards, 
but in practice we are almost wholly dependent on coppice regeneration, 
since the demands of grazing, and the lack of sufficient cover, render it 
imjrossible to make use of any but the smallest portion of a gregarious 
seeding. 
In view of the fact that recent observations have shown that the 
coppicing power of Anjan is by no means so great as has generally been 
supposed, the present system is not, to our mind, the best suited to the 
sylvicultural requirements of the Anjan, and should either be entirely 
given up, or, if other considerations render this impracticable, should be 
so modified as to ensure the stability and continuance of our Anjan 
forests. 
{b) Natural Regeneration by Seed under Shelter-woods. 
We have little doubt that this is the method most suited to the 
sylvicultural requirements of Anjan. The precise manner in which the 
regeneration may be effected, may vary according to the soil and locality, 
but one of the following two methods will be found to suit most 
cases : — 
(1) Group system. 
(2) Selection system. 
A few words on the merits of each system will not be out of place. 
