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HAD
B
H
ornbeam i s liable to su
cotch pine
which
be p
a tural mixtures o f o ak and sp r uce are r a r
r ent c h aracter of the
to the di
e
in
warm situations
thrives b
st
of water in the sub soil
r face
su
and it is satisfied
r equi r
s
are more mod
develop large b
artificial mixtu
some forest
years
ater on sp
chance if mixed by single t
necessar
to place the oak in group s
not al
ays develo p satisfacto
plant o ak pure and to bring in
to thin out
becomes stag head
phenom enon which is by som e foresters believed to be due to
r eat con sumption of water by the sp r uce
g
mixture i s only admis sible und
when the spruce i s
it has had time to inj u
r uc
oak and sp
h eir d emands on
in t
it will be passed at about middle age and supp
fir
The best plan is to plant oak pu
h e fo r mer begins to thin out
fir when t
h as los
mixture
sp
cies s
and su
I N
IT H L I
AR
so that it is f
riodically
loose
a
light
heat and space
r ate in these r
r anches
r es of the
r s
r ows fast
g
r uce passes the oak
It has
however
d when underplanted wit
o ut at a comparatively early age
r e the oak
Thi s is a bette
as the two species resemble each other mo
many ad
This is a most suitable mixture
fici
n
ly
T D
H
er considerably f
r equently reduced to an underwood
oppiced
r uce in co ol high plac
sp
r m
de
p soils with a good mea sure
r
spruce
quires moisture nea
ith a mode
spects
r ows mo r
spruce g
r than spruce d u
r ees in e
r ily
h e best arrangement is to
T
pruce
been no ticed that the oak
r favou
locality
h e r ents of late years
r eac h ot h e r in r
ea
I N
MAND
r om the shade of the
species
r ate
y d e
p soil
the demands of spruce
i s inclined to
in height
r e advocated by
species a
and the latter
en ag
d wood s
and even t
hen the oak begins
h spruce
r able conditions
r mixture than that o f
r
requi
r essed by silver
r e
r ing in silver
and to b
ven t
spect of locality
I
P
owing
is at home
s
r the
ever
r ing early
h as n o
It i s
h en it does
a
hence
the
or
b efore
r e
r t
s a sta
or
h en
the
as the two
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