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Webster's practical forestry

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Abele Poplar for Town Planting, 101

Acacia, False, for Town Planting, 102

Advantages of Tree Planting, 293

Afforesting Waste Lands, 282

Agaricus melleus, 218

Ailanthus for Town Planting, 101

Alder as Timber, 240

—— Common, for Seaside Planting, 78

—— for Economic Planting, 52

—— —— Exposed Positions, 52

—— —— Ornamental Planting, 117

—— —— Seaside ” 78

—— Hoary, for Seaside Planting, 78

Almond for Town Planting, 107

American Winged Elm for Exposed Planting, 70

Andromeda for the Shade, 192

Apple as Timber, 240

Appliances used in Forestry, 153

Araucaria Imbricata Seed, 14

Area of Woodlands, 280

Arrangement of Plantations, 33

Ash as Timber, 240

—— for Economic Planting, 48

—— —— Exposed ” 71

—— —— Ornamental ” 132

—— —— Seaside ” 79

—— —— Town ” 104

—— Seed, 11

Aspect of Home Nursery, 26

Aspen for Seaside Planting, 78

Atlantic Cedar for Seaside Planting, 82

—— —— for Economic Planting, 65

Aucuba Japonica for Town Planting, 105

—— —— —— Game Coverts, 179

—— —— —— Hedges, 189

Austrian Pine for Economic Planting, 65

—— —— —— Exposed Planting, 69

—— —— —— Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— —— Town Planting, 108

—— —— Seed, 11

Autumn-tinted Foliage Trees for Ornamental Planting, 123

Autumn Work in Home Nursery, 30

B

Bark, 255

—— Stripping——Tools used, 222

Barking Oak, 220-222

Barron’s Transplanting Machine, 140

Beam Tree for Seaside Planting, 77

—— —— in London, 103

Bedford Willow for Seaside Planting, 85

Beech Coccus, 205

Beech as Timber, 246

—— for Economic Planting, 49

—— —— Exposed ” 71

—— —— Hedge ” 187

—— —— Ornamental ” 188

—— —— Seaside ” 80

—— Seed, 11

Beetle Pine, 193

Berberis Darwinii for Game Coverts, 180

—— —— —— Hedge Planting, 189

—— —— —— Seaside, 84

Bhotan Pine for Ornamental Planting, 117

Birch as Timber, 240

—— for Economic Planting, 53

—— —— Exposed ” 71

—— —— Ornamental ” 122

—— —— Seaside ” 79

—— —— Town ” 104

—— Seed, 11

Bird Cherry for Exposed Planting, 71

—— —— —— Town Planting, 104

Black Italian Poplar for Town Planting, 101

Blackberry for the Shade, 192

Bladder Senna for Town Planting, 106

—— Rust or Cluster-Cup, 219

Blasting Tree Roots, 273

Bog Soils, Trees for, 136

Bostrichus Laricis, 194

—— Typographus, 194

Box for Hedge Planting, 188

—— —— Game Covert, 177

—— Thorn for Seaside Planting, 83

Bracing a Tree, 159

Briar for Hedge Planting, 188

British Oak for Hedge Planting, 111

—— Timber and its Uses, 240

Broom for Seaside Planting, 84

Buckthorn, Sea, for Seaside Planting, 82

Burning Tree Stumps, 274

Butcher’s Broom for Game Coverts, 182

—— —— —— Carpeting in Shade, 192

By-products of the Forest, 250

C

Canadian Poplar for Town Planting, 101

Cedar for Seaside Planting, 82

Cephalonian Fir for Ornamental Planting, 118

Chalky Soil for Tree Planting, 130, 136

Charcoal, 253

—— Making, 226

—— Comparative Value of Wood, 231

—— Pit, 231

—— Kiln Burning, 231

—— Uses of, 232

Cherry as Timber, 240

—— for Exposed Planting, 71

—— —— Ornamental Planting, 118

Chestnut as Timber, 240

—— for Town Planting, 104

—— —— Economic Planting, 51

Clay Soil for Tree Plantations, 138

Cleaning and Pruning Hedges, 189

Climbers for Town Planting, 107

Cluster Pine for Planting, 81

—— —— —— Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— —— Seaside Planting, 81

Cockchafer, 202

Colchic Laurel for Hedge Planting, 189

Collecting Tree Seeds, 8

Common Alder for Seaside Planting, 78

—— Gorse for Seaside Planting, 84

Common Holly for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Ivy for Carpeting in Shade, 191

—— —— —— Town Planting, 107

—— Laburnum for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Laurel for Hedge Planting, 189

—— London Plane for Town Planting, 98

—— Mulberry for Town Planting, 102

Comparative Value of Woods for Charcoal Making, 231

Conifers suitable for Chalky Soil, 131

—— —— —— Reclaimed Peat Bog, 129

—— for Economic Planting, 57

—— —— Town Planting, 108

—— Seeds, 9

—— Seaside, 80

Contract Work, Prices of, 277

Contents, xi

Coppice Wood Management, 170

—— Cost of, 173

Cornelian Cherry for Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— —— Hedgerow Planting, 111

Corsican Pine for Economic Planting, 59

—— —— —— Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— —— Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— —— Seaside Planting, 81

—— —— Seeds, 11

Cost of Forming Plantations, 287-288

Cratægus Pyracantha for Town Planting, 108

Cricket Bat Willow, 54

Cryptomeria for Ornamental Planting, 118

Cucumber Tree for Town Planting, 101

Cupressus Lawsoniana, Seed of, 11

—— —— for Town Planting, 109

Currant, Flowering, for Town Planting, 106

Cut-leaved Trees, 121

Cutting Osiers, 247

Cypress for Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— Seaside Planting, 82

D

Daphne Laureola for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Mezereon for Seaside Planting, 84

Darwin’s Barberry for Seaside Planting, 84

Deciduous Cypress for Ornamental Planting, 117

Dedication, v

Dogwood for Seaside Planting, 83

—— —— Charcoal, 232

Double Furze for Town Planting, 106

Douglas Fir for Economic Planting, 63

—— —— Seed, 12

Draining——Tools used, 37

—— and Clearing Ground for Plantations, 36

Dried Leaves as Litter, 251

E

Economic Planting, 47

—— —— Trees for, 48

Elder for Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— Seaside Planting, 76

Elegant Cryptomeria for Ornamental Planting, 118

Elm, as Timber, 240

—— English for Hedge Planting, 111

—— for Economic Planting, 51

—— —— Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— Seaside Planting, 79

—— —— Town Planting, 104

—— Scotch, for Seaside Planting, 85

—— Seed, 12

—— Tree Destroyer, 199, 200

English Elm for Hedge Planting, 111

—— Maple for Seaside Planting, 79

Euonymus Japonicus for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Radicans Variegata for Carpeting in Shade, 192

Evergreen Honeysuckle for Town Planting, 107

—— Oak for Seaside Planting, 79

Exposed Ground, Planting, 72

F

Faggots, 255

False Acacia for Town Planting, 102

Felling——Tools used, 43

Felted Beech Coccus, 205

Fencing, 97

—— Plantations, 257

—— Tools used, 264

Fern-leaved Beech for Ornamental Planting, 118

Financial Returns of Planting, 290

Firewood, 252

Fitzroya Patagonica for Ornamental Planting, 118

Flowering Currant for Town Planting, 106

—— Trees for Ornamental Planting, 116

Forest Area of the World, 280

Forest By-Products, 250

—— Produce, Utilizing, 250

Forestry and the War, 1

Formation of Game Coverts, 174

—— —— Plantations, 32

Forsythia Viridissima for Town Planting, 106

Fountain Willow, 121

Fruit Trees for Ornamental Planting, 116

Fungi on Trees, 212

Furze for Hedge Planting, 188

—— —— Town Planting, 106

G

Game Coverts, Formation and Management, 184

Gaultheria Procumbens for Carpeting in Shade, 192

—— Shallon for Carpeting in Shade, 192

—— —— —— Game Coverts, 181

Giant Arborvitæ for Economic Planting, 64

—— —— —— Seaside Planting, 81

Goat Moth, 200

—— Willow for Seaside Planting, 78

Golden Willow for Ornamental Planting, 117

Gorse for Hedge Planting, 188

—— —— Seaside Planting, 84

Grasses for the Sea-Coast, 86

—— —— Woodland Drives, 34

Gravelly Soil for Tree Plantation, 131-137

Green Tree Box for Game Coverts, 177

Griselinia Littoralis for Seaside Planting, 83

—— —— —— Town Planting, 105

Groundsel Tree for Seaside Planting, 84

H

Hard-wooded Trees for Economic Planting, 47

Hardwoods for Chalky Soil, 130

—— —— Clay Soils, 132

—— —— Gravelly Soil, 131

—— —— Ironstone Soils, 133

—— —— Reclaimed Peat Bog, 129

Hawthorn Seed, 12

Hazel Nuts, 12

Heather for the Shade, 192

Heaven, Tree of, for Town Planting, 101

Hedges as Fences, 185

—— Formation of, 184

—— Management, 184

—— Ornamental, 188

—— Planting, 186

—— Pruning, 189

Hedgerow and Field Planting, 110

Hedging Tools used, 185

Height of Trees, Measuring, 271

Hoary Alder for Seaside Planting, 78

Holly as Timber, 240

—— Berries, 12

—— Fly, 204

—— for Game Coverts, 181

—— —— Hedge Planting, 188

—— —— Seaside Planting, 84

Home Nursery, 24

—— —— Spring Work, 28

—— —— Summer Work, 30

—— —— Autumn Work, 30

—— —— Winter Work, 30

Honeysuckle for Town Planting, 107

Hornbeam as Timber, 241

—— for Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— Hedge Planting, 113, 167

—— —— Seaside Planting, 80

—— —— Town Planting, 104

Horse Chestnut as Timber, 241

—— —— for Town Planting, 104

—— —— Seeds, 12

Hot and Dry Soils, Shrubs for, 134

How to Prune, 157

Huntingdon Willow for Seaside Planting, 77

Hypericum Calycinum for Seaside Planting, 84

I

Imperial Alder for Ornamental Planting, 117

Index, 295

Indian Bean for Town Planting, 102

Insects and Diseases Injurious to Forest Trees, 193

Introduction, ix

Ironstone Soil for Plantations, 133, 138

Italian Poplar for Town Planting, 101

Ivy for Carpeting in Shade, 191

—— —— Town Planting, 107

J

Japanese Cryptomeria for Ornamental Planting, 118

Jasminum Nudiflorum for Town Planting, 108

Juneberry for Ornamental Planting, 118

Juniper, Savin for towns, 109

K

Kentucky Coffee-Tree for Town Planting, 106

Kilmarnock Willow, 121

Kiln Burning Charcoal, 231

L

Laburnum, Common, for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Moth, 202

—— Scotch, for Seaside Planting, 84

Lackey Moth, 200

Land Sale on the Gwydyr Estate, 287

Larch Aphis, 197

—— Canker, 213

—— Cones, 12

—— Disease, Cause and Remedy, 213

—— for Economic Planting, 57

—— —— Exposed Planting, 71

—— —— Hedge Planting, 114

—— Miner, 195

—— Sawfly, 198

—— Timber, 241

Large-Fruited Cypress for Seaside Planting, 82

Laurel Spurge for Carpeting in Shade, 192

Laurustinus for Game Coverts, 179

—— —— Hedge Planting, 188

—— —— Seaside Planting, 83

—— —— Town Planting, 107

Leaf-Shedding Fungus, 218

Levelling, 38

Leycesteria Formosa for Town Planting, 106

Ligustrum Coriaceum for Town Planting, 105

—— Ovalifolium for Seaside Planting, 84

Lilacs for Seaside Planting, 84

—— —— Town Planting, 84

Lime as Timber, 241

—— for Hedge Planting, 113

—— —— Town Planting, 103

Litter of Dried Leaves, 251

Lombardy Poplar for Hedge Planting, 112

—— —— —— Town Planting, 101

London Plane for Town Planting, 98

Lymegrass for Seaside Planting, 84

M

Magnolias for Ornamental Planting, 118

—— for Town Planting, 101

Mahonia Aquifolia for Game Coverts, 180

Maidenhair Tree for Town Planting, 100

Manna Ash for Ornamental Planting, 118

Manufacture of Charcoal, 226

Manure for Home Nursery, 26

Maple as Timber, 241

—— for Seaside Planting, 79

Maram for Seaside Planting, 84

Measuring Height of Trees, 272

Measuring Standing Timber, 270

Mezereon Laurel for Carpeting in Shade, 192

Minor Products of Forest Waste, 256

Mountain Ash for Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— —— Seaside Planting, 78

—— —— —— Town Planting, 104

—— —— Seed, 12

Mulberry for Town Planting, 102

N

Norway Maple for Seaside Planting, 76

—— Spruce for Economic Planting, 64

Notch Planting, 44

Nursery, Formation and Management, 24

—— Home, its Formation and Management, 24

—— Plan of, 27

—— Tools used in, 29

—— Work for the Seasons, 28

O

Oak as Timber, 241

—— Evergreen for Seaside Planting, 79

—— for Economic Planting, 47

—— —— Exposed Planting, 71

—— —— Seaside Planting, 79

—— —— Roller Moth, 204

—— Seed, 13

Olearia Hastii, 105

—— Macrodonta, 105

Oriental Plane for Town Planting, 98

Ornamental Planting, 116

—— Weeping Trees, 121

Osmanthus Ilicifolius for Town Planting, 105

P

Paper=Pulp, 251

Peat Soil, 129

Periwinkles for Carpeting in Shade, 191

Phillyrea Vilmoriniana for Town Planting, 106

Picia Sitchensis, 59

Pine Beetle, 193

—— for Economic Planting, 59

—— —— Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— Ornamental Planting, 121

—— —— Seaside Planting, 81

—— Sawfly, 196

—— Shoot Moth, 195

—— Weevil, 194

Pinus Insignis, 82

—— Montana for Seaside Planting, 81-85

—— Macrocarpa Seed, 14

—— Sabiniana Seed, 14

—— Stropus, 11

Pitch, 251

Pitting, 40

Plane for Town Planting, 99

—— Tree in Regent’s Park, 99

Plantations, Formation and Cost, 32

—— Hedges, 184

Planting, 41

—— Advantages of Tree, 293

—— Exposed Ground, 68

—— Financial Returns of, 290

—— Hedges, 184

—— Iron, 45

—— Ironstone Soils, 133

—— Notch, 44

—— Ornamental, 121

—— Osiers, 243

—— Tools used for, 43

Polyporus Sulphureus, 219

—— Squamosus, 216

Poplar as Timber, 241

—— for Economic Planting, 57

—— Town Planting, 101

Populus Canadensis for Seaside Planting, 78

—— Alba for Seaside Planting, 78

—— Nigra for Seaside Planting, 78

Portugal Laurel for Seaside Planting, 84

Preface, vii

Preparation of Ground for Town Planting, 92

—— —— —— Hedges, 184

Prices of Contract Work, 277

—— of Timber per ton, 239

—— —— —— per cubic foot, 238

—— —— Forest Produce, 237

Prince Albert’s Fir for Ornamental Planting, 118

Privet for Game Coverts, 178

—— —— Hedge Planting, 188

Propagating Trees and Shrubs, 15

—— by Cuttings, 19

—— —— Grafting, 22

—— from Budding, 23

—— —— Layers, 21

—— —— Seed, 15

Prune, How and When to, 157

Pruning Bad Effects of, 152

—— Dead Wood, 155

—— Hedges, 152

—— Live Branches, 154

—— Shrubs, 157

—— Tools used in, 153

—— Trees, 151

Purple Willow for Ornamental Planting, 117

Pyrus for Ornamental Planting, 118

Q

Quick Hedges, 186

R

Red-Rot Fungus, 217

Red Spider, 201

Retinospora for Town Planting, 109

Rhamnus Frangula for Charcoal, 233

Rhododendron Ponticum for Game Coverts, 180

Rhytisma Punctata, 216

Rosa Rugosa for Hedge Planting, 188

—— Rubiginosa for Hedge Planting, 188

Rowan Tree for Town Planting, 104

Ruscus Aculeatus for Seaside Planting, 84

S

St. John’s Wort for Carpeting in Shade, 191

—— —— —— —— Game Coverts, 182

Scotch Elm for Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— —— Seaside Planting, 79

—— Fir as Timber, 242

—— —— for Hedge Planting, 113

—— Laburnum for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Pine for Economic Planting, 62

—— —— —— Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— —— Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— —— Seaside Planting, 82

Sea Buckthorn for Seaside Planting, 82

Seaside Planting, 73

—— —— Hardwoods for, 76

—— —— Shrubs for, 82

—— —— List of Trees for, 85

Seed, Best Depth for Germinating, 17

—— Collecting and Harvesting, 8

—— of Various Trees contained in a Bushel, 10

—— Required to plant 100 sq. ft., 18

—— Tree, number in a lb., 10

Selecting Tree Seeds, 9

Shade-loving Shrubs, 191

Shrubs for Carpeting in Shade, 191

Shrubs for Hot and Dry Soils, 134

—— —— the Sea-Coast, 82-86

—— —— Town Planting, 105-107

Silver Fir as Timber, 242

—— —— for Economic Planting, 64

—— —— Seed, 13

Sitka Spruce for Economic Planting, 59

Skimmia Japonica for Town Planting, 106

Slate Fences for Plantations, 258

Slit Planting, 44

Snowberry for Seaside Planting, 83

Snowy Mespilus for Town Planting, 106

Soil for Home Nursery, 26

Sophora Japonica for Town Planting, 104

Spanish Broom for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Chestnut as Timber, 51

—— —— for Economic Planting, 51

—— —— Seed, 12

—— Silver Fir for Ornamental Planting, 118

Spider, Red, 201

Spirea Adiantifola for Seaside Planting, 83

Spring Work in Home Nursery, 28

Spruce Fir as Timber, 242

—— for Economic Planting, 59

—— —— Ornamental Planting, 118

—— Gall Aphis, 198

Spurge Laurel for Carpeting in Shade, 192

—— —— —— Town Planting, 106

Stag’s Horn Sumach for Town Planting, 106

Staking Trees, 119

Standing Timber Measuring, 270

Stone Walls for Fencing Plantations, 257

Strawberry Trees for Town Planting, 106

—— —— for Seaside, 84

Summer Work in Home Nursery, 30

Sweet-Bay for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Briar for Hedge Planting, 188

—— Chestnut for Economic Planting, 51

Sycamore as Timber, 242

—— for Economic Planting, 51

—— —— Exposed Planting, 70

—— —— Hedge Planting, 112

—— —— Seaside Planting, 76

—— —— Town Planting, 104

—— Fungus, 216

T

Tamarisk for Seaside Planting, 76-82

Tamarix Gallica for Seaside Planting, 82

—— Germanica for Seaside Planting, 82

Tansy-leaved Thorn for Town Planting, 105

Tar, 251

Taxodium Distichum for Town Planting, 109

Thinning Plantations, 141

—— —— Rules for, 149

Thorn Fly, 202

—— for Hedge Planting, 186

Thorns for Ornamental Planting, 118

—— —— Seaside Planting, 83

—— —— Town Planting, 105

Thujopsis Dolabrata for Town Planting, 109

Timber, British, and Some of Its Uses, 240

—— Measuring, 288

—— Prices, 237

Tools used in Forestry, 43

Town Planting, 87-109

—— —— Trees for, 98

Transplanting Seedlings, 18

—— Large Trees, 139

—— Machine, Faulkner’s, 140

—— Specimen Trees, 118

Tree Groundsel for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Guards, 265

—— Mallow for Seaside Planting, 83

Tree of Heaven for Town Planting, 101

—— Planting, Advantages of, 293

—— —— Financial Returns of, 290

—— Pruning in Economic Forestry, 151

—— Purslane for Seaside Planting, 83

Trees and Shrubs, Propagating, 15

—— best adapted for Various Soils, 128

—— for Chalky or Calcareous Soils, 130

—— —— Clay Soils, 132

—— —— Economic Planting, 47

—— —— Exposed Planting, 68

—— —— Gravelly and Sandy Soils, 131

—— —— Hedge Planting, 110

—— —— Hedgerow and Field, 110

—— —— Ironstone Soils, 133

—— —— —— and Coal Soils, 133

—— —— Ornamental Planting, 121

—— —— Peaty Soils 129

—— —— Seaside Planting, 85

—— —— Town Planting, 98

Trumpet Honeysuckle for Town Planting, 107

Tulip Tree for Town Plantations, 102

Turf Dykes for Plantations, 269

Turkey Oak for Seaside Planting, 79

Turpentine, 250

U

Umbrella Pine for Ornamental Planting, 118

Underwood, 170

Uses of Charcoal, 232

Utilizing Waste Forest Produce, 250

V

Value of Woods for Charcoal Making, 231

—— —— Reclaimed Peat Bog, 129

Venetian Sumach for Town Planting, 106

Vinca Major for Seaside Planting, 84

—— Minor for Seaside Planting, 84

Vine for Town Planting, 108

Virginia Creeper for Town Planting, 107

W

Walnut as Timber, 242

—— for Town Planting, 104

—— Seed, 13

Waste Forest Produce, Utilizing, 250

Water for Home Nursery, 26

Watering Trees, 97

Wayfaring Tree for Town Planting, 106

Weeping Ash for Town Planting, 104

—— Trees for Ornamental Planting, 121

Weymouth Pine for Economic Planting, 60

—— Pine Seeds, 11

When to Prune, 157

White Beam Tree for Town Planting, 102

—— Fruited Mulberry for Town Planting, 102

—— Rot Fungus, 218

Wild Cherry for Exposed Planting, 71

Willow Beetle, 197

—— Culture, 243

—— for Economic Planting, 54

—— —— Ornamental Planting, 117

—— —— Seaside Planting, 78

—— —— Timber, 242

—— —— Town Planting, 104

—— Kilmarnock, 121

—— Ringlet, 121

Willows for Basket-Making, 243

—— Profits of Culture, 248

—— Rules for Culture, 247

Winged Elm for the Seaside, 77

Winter Moth, 210

—— Work in Home Nursery, 30

Wire Fences for Plantations, 263

Wireworms, 208

Witch’s Broom or Willow, 210

Wood Fences for Plantations, 262

—— Leopard Moth, 203

Woods for Charcoal Making, 231

Y

Yew as Timber, 242

—— for Game Coverts, 181

—— —— Hedge Planting, 188

—— Seed, 13

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