Webster's practical forestry
- Subtitle
- A popular handbook on the rearing and growth of trees for profit or ornament
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1. WEBSTER’S PRACTICAL FORESTRY2. CHAPTER I FORESTRY AND THE WAR3. CHAPTER II COLLECTING AND STORING TREE SEEDS4. CHAPTER III PROPAGATING TREES AND SHRUBS5. CHAPTER IV THE HOME NURSERY: ITS FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT6. CHAPTER V FORMATION OF PLANTATIONS7. CHAPTER VI TREES FOR ECONOMIC PLANTING8. CHAPTER VII PLANTING EXPOSED GROUND9. CHAPTER VIII SEASIDE PLANTING10. CHAPTER IX TOWN PLANTING, AND THE TREES AND SHRUBS THAT ARE BEST ADAPTED FOR SMOKY LOCALITIES11. CHAPTER X TREES SUITABLE FOR HEDGEROW AND FIELD PLANTING12. CHAPTER XI ORNAMENTAL PLANTING13. CHAPTER XII TREES BEST ADAPTED FOR VARIOUS SOILS14. CHAPTER XIII TRANSPLANTING LARGE TREES15. CHAPTER XIV THINNING PLANTATIONS16. CHAPTER XV TREE-PRUNING IN ECONOMIC FORESTRY17. CHAPTER XVI BRACING AND REPAIRING TREES18. CHAPTER XVII COPPICE AND UNDERWOOD: THE MANAGEMENT OF COPPICE WOOD19. CHAPTER XVIII THE FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GAME COVERTS20. CHAPTER XIX HEDGES: THEIR FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT21. CHAPTER XX SHRUBS FOR SHADY SITUATIONS22. CHAPTER XXI INSECT ENEMIES OF TREES23. CHAPTER XXII FUNGUS GROWTH ON TREES24. CHAPTER XXIII BARKING OAK25. CHAPTER XXIV THE MANUFACTURE OF CHARCOAL26. CHAPTER XXV PRICES OF HOME-GROWN TIMBER27. CHAPTER XXVI BRITISH TIMBER AND SOME OF ITS USES28. CHAPTER XXVII WILLOWS FOR BASKET-MAKING29. CHAPTER XXVIII UTILIZING WASTE FOREST PRODUCE30. CHAPTER XXIX FENCING PLANTATIONS31. CHAPTER XXX TIMBER MEASURING32. CHAPTER XXXI BLASTING AND BURNING TREE ROOTS33. CHAPTER XXXII PRICES OF CONTRACT OR PIECEWORK34. CHAPTER XXXIII FOREST AREA OF THE WORLD35. CHAPTER XXXIV AFFORESTING WASTE LANDS AND THE FINANCIAL RETURNS THEREFROM36. INDEX