1 9 MAR 1964

LIBRARY

OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

ADVERTISEMENT.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECTS.

SUBJECT THE FIRST.

PLANTING.

DIVISION THE FIRST.

MANUAL OPERATIONS.

Introductory Remarks, 5.

Cautions to Young Planters, 5.

Encouragements to Planting, 6.

SECT. 1. Propagating Trees and Shrubs, 8.

I. From Seeds, 8.

Gathering fresh Seeds, 8.

Preserving them, 9.

Procuring dry Seeds, 10.

Trying their Quality, 10.

Raising in Beds of natural Mold, tr.

Soil and Preparation, 11.

Situation of the Seminary, 12.

Size of Seed Beds, 13.

Methods of sowing, 13.

Defending the Seeds and Seedlings, 14.

Raising in beds of Compost, 16.

Raising in Pots, &c. 16.

II. From Cuttings, 17.

III. From Suckers, 17.

IV. By Layering, 19.

Providing Layers, 19.

Method of Layering, 20.

Season of Layering, 22.

Removing the Layers, 22.

V. By Budding, 23.

VI. By Grafting, 23.

SECT. II. Training Trees and Shrubs,—in the

NURSERY, 23.

Nature of the Soil, 24.

Situation of the Nursery, 24.

Preparing the Soil, 25.

Pruning the Seedlings, &c. 25.

Planting them in Nursery Rows, 25.

Cleaning the Nursery, 26.

Pruning Nursery Plants, 27.

Thinning them., 28.

Taking them up, for Planting, 28.

Packing them for Carriage, 29,

SECT. III. Planting out Nursery Plants, 30.

Preparing the Ground, 30.

The Season of Planting, 32.

Pruning and Sorting the Plants, 32.

Planting them, 33.

Attendance after Planting, 37.

Cleaning the Plantation, 38.

Pruning the Young Trees, 38.

Thinning them, 40.

SECT. IV. Transplanting Tall Plants, 40.

DIVISION THE SECOND.

CHOICE OF TIMBER TREES.

SECT. I. Consumption of Timber, 47.

I. By Ships, 49.

II. By Buildings, 49.

III. By Machines, 50.

IV. By Utensils, 51.

The several Species of Timber used, by the

different Workers in Wood, 49 to 53.

SECT. II. Situation and Soils, 54.

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CONTENTS.

DIVISION THE THIRD.

HEDGES AND HEDGEROW TIMBER.

Introductory Remarks, 55.

The effects of Hedgerows on cultivated

Lands, 56.

Species of Hedges, 57.

SECT. I. Species of Hedge Woods, 58.

Hawthorn, 59.

Crabthorn, 60.

The Aquatics, 60.

Holly. 61.

Furze, 63.

SECT. II. Method and Season of Planting, 64-

I. The Fence Wood, 64.

General view of the Practice, 65.

Planting with Ditch and Plain Bank, 71.

Planting with a Ditch and Offset, 71.

Planting upon level Ground, 73.

Time of Planting, 74.

On the Holly and Crab, 74.

On the Furze as a Guard, 75.

II. The Hedgerow Timber, 76.

The Species; the Oak; for Ship Timber, 77.

Method of raising it, 77,