[Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.21)

The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This twenty-first Journal includes information on: Lessons from Sweden; Notes […]

[Archive] Chestnut blight

In Britain, the sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa, is at the northern limit of its distribution, and as a forest tree it is of importance in the southern half of England only. So far, in Britain, it has not been seriously affected by disease, however, it is a serious matter that Chestnut Blight, which has ravaged […]

[Archive] Report on Forest Research for the year ending March 1949

The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1949. The report includes:Part 1: Work carried out by Forestry Commission staff:IntroductionStudies of growthPathologyEntomologyGeneticsForest ecologyThe treatment of seedExperimental work in the nurseryAfforestation of peatPlanting experiments on lowland heathsProvenance studiesArboreta and forest gardensThe library at Alice HoltPublicationsPart 2: Committee on nutrition problems in forest nurseriesPart 3: […]

[Archive] Research Branch Annual Report 1948

The Research Branch Annual Report for 1948 covering the period 1st April 1948 to 31st March 1949. The report includes:– Introduction– Studies of growth– Pathology– Entomology– Genetics– Forest ecology– The treatment of seed– Committee on nutrition problems in forest nurseries: Summary report of 1948 experiments– Experimental work in the nursery– Afforestation of peat– Planting experiments […]

[Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.20)

The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This twentieth Journal includes information on: Imported seed; Laboratory germination […]

[Archive] Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners 1947-1948

Published by HMSO, for the year ending 30 September 1948.

[Archive] Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners 1946-1947

Published by HMSO, for the year ending 30 September 1947

[Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.19)

The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff. This nineteenth Journal includes information on: High pruning with chisels; […]

[Archive] Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners 1945-1946

Published by HMSO, for the year ending 30 September 1946.

[Archive] Woodland mosses

In present-day afforestation much attention is devoted to the wild plants as indicating soil and climatic conditions, but within recent times the ordinary mosses have been proved to be just as important. In the following notes an effort will be made, first to give a life history of a moss, secondly to indicate, as far […]

[Archive] Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners 1944-1945

Printed by HMSO for the year ending 30 September 1945.

[Archive] Spring frosts (2nd edition)

This Bulletin provides an update to the original bulletin from 1937. Spring frosts add considerably to the difficulties of establishing young plantations. Investigations which the Imperial Forestry Institute had been carrying out for the Forestry Commission since 1929 were already yielding interesting results when the great May frosts of 1935 occurred.