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Webster’s Practical Forestry

by A. D. Webster

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface to Fifth Edition
  2. 2Introduction to Fifth Edition
  3. 3Chapter I — Forestry and the War
  4. 4Chapter II — Collecting and Storing Tree Seeds
  5. 5Chapter III — Propagating Trees and Shrubs
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Home Nursery: Its Formation and Management
  7. 7Plan of Nursery
  8. 8Tools Required in Nursery
  9. 9Chapter V — Formation of Plantations
  10. 10Tools Used in Draining
  11. 11Tools Used in Planting
  12. 12Chapter VI — Trees for Economic Planting
  13. 13Standard Beech Tree
  14. 14Stem of the True “Cricket Bat” Willow (Salix Cærulea)
  15. 15The Weymouth Pine — At Gwydyr Castle
  16. 16Chapter VII — Planting Exposed Ground
  17. 17Chapter VIII — Seaside Planting
  18. 18Chapter IX — Town Planting, and the Trees and Shrubs That Are Best…
  19. 19Plane Tree in Regent’s Park
  20. 20The Beam Tree in London
  21. 21The Savin, or Juniper — As a Town Shrub
  22. 22Chapter X — Trees Suitable for Hedgerow and Field Planting
  23. 23Chapter XI — Ornamental Planting
  24. 24Chapter XII — Trees Best Adapted for Various Soils
  25. 25Chapter XIII — Transplanting Large Trees
  26. 26Faulkner’s Transplanting Machine
  27. 27Chapter XIV — Thinning Plantations
  28. 28Felling Tools
  29. 29Chapter XV — Tree-Pruning in Economic Forestry
  30. 30Pruning Tools
  31. 31Bad Effects of Pruning
  32. 32Chapter XVI — Bracing and Repairing Trees
  33. 33Bracing a Tree
  34. 34Band and Connecting-Rod
  35. 35Chapter XVII — Coppice and Underwood: The Management of Coppice Wood
  36. 36Chapter XVIII — The Formation and Management of Game Coverts
  37. 37Chapter XIX — Hedges: Their Formation and Management
  38. 38Hedging Tools
  39. 39Chapter XX — Shrubs for Shady Situations
  40. 40Chapter XXI — Insect Enemies of Trees
  41. 41Elm Tree Destroyer
  42. 42Wood Leopard Moth — (Zeuzera Æsculi)
  43. 43Witch’s Broom on the Willow (Summer Appearance)
  44. 44Witch’s Broom on the Willow (Winter Aspect)
  45. 45Chapter XXII — Fungus Growth on Trees
  46. 46Larch Canker
  47. 47Polyporus Squamosus — (On Elm Tree)
  48. 48Polyporus Sulphureus — (On White Poplar) — Chapter XXIII — Barking Oak
  49. 49Barking Tools
  50. 50Chapter XXIV — The Manufacture of Charcoal
  51. 51Section of Charcoal Pit
  52. 52Chapter XXV — Prices of Home-Grown Timber
  53. 53Chapter XXVI — British Timber and Some of Its Uses
  54. 54Chapter XXVII — Willows for Basket-Making
  55. 55Chapter XXVIII — Utilizing Waste Forest Produce
  56. 56Chapter XXIX — Fencing Plantations
  57. 57Slate Fences
  58. 58Sawn Wood Fence
  59. 59Wire Fence With Wooden Posts
  60. 60Tools for Fencing
  61. 61Tree Guards
  62. 62Chapter XXX — Timber Measuring
  63. 63Measuring Height of Trees
  64. 64Chapter XXXI — Blasting and Burning Tree Roots
  65. 65Chapter XXXII — Prices of Contract or Piecework
  66. 66Chapter XXXIII — Forest Area of the World
  67. 67Chapter XXXIV — Afforesting Waste Lands and the Financial Returns T…

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