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    [Archive] Studies on the pine shoot moth (Evetria buoliana Schiff.)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Part 1 of this Bulletin brings together all the manuscripts dealing with studies on the biology and forest relations of the pine shoot moth, Evetria buoliana Schiff. Further data have been collected on the distribution of the moth in East Anglia and on the results of recent experimental control studies, which are given in Part […]
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    [Archive] The cultivation of the cricket bat willow
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Tree willows may be divided into two groups, according to the purpose for which the wood is to be utilised. One group contains trees which are pollarded with a view to the production of poles used principally for hurdles and rough fencing. The other group contains timber of larger size and under this category the […]
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    [Archive] Studies of certain Scottish moorlands in relation to tree growth
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This bulletin is an account of investigations conducted during a number of years by Dr. G. K. Fraser, of the Department of Forestry, Aberdeen University, into the establishment of timber crops on peat soils in Scotland and particularly under west coast conditions as illustrated at Inverliever on Loch Awe. The investigations recorded in this bulletin […]
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    [Archive] Forestry Practice 1933
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    A summary of methods of establishing forest nurseries and plantations with advice on other forestry questions for owners and agents.
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    [Archive] Studies on tree roots
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This bulletin contains an account of investigations on the roots of young trees carried out over a series of years for the Forestry Commission by Dr. E. V. Laing of the Department of Forestry, Aberdeen University. Special attention has been paid to the association of fungi (mycorrhiza) with roots and to the development and action […]
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    [Archive] Forest gardens
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The five forest gardens which form the subject of this Bulletin are Cockle Park, near Morpeth, Northumberland; Cirencester, Gloucestershire; Abbotswood, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; Alice Holt, Hampshire; and Ceiriog, Denbighshire. Each garden consists of a series of experimental plots laid out for purposes of study and for the comparison of the rate of growth of […]
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    [Archive] Growth and yield of conifers in Great Britain
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This publication is a revision of Bulletin 3, ‘Rate of Growth of Conifers in the British Isles’. In this revised work the original tables for European larch, Scots pine and Norway spruce have been retained unaltered, while complete yield tables for Douglas fir and Corsican pine have been added. Further, a revised preliminary yield table […]
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    [Archive] Nursery investigations
    Lead Author: H. M. Steven
    This Bulletin discusses the importance of nursery practice and the current methods employed. Only coniferous species are dealt with; broadleaved trees occupy a relatively small area in the new plantations. The bulletin shows that important improvements can be obtained by attention to tilth conditions (largely governed by the time of sowing), by treatment of the […]
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    [Archive] Beetles injurious to timber
    Lead Author: J.W. Munro
    This Bulletin discusses beetles which attack timber. They belong to various families of the order Coleoptera of which four groups may be recognised – longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), pin-hole borers (Scolytidae and Platypodidae), powder-post beetles (Bostrychidae and Lyctidae) and furniture beetles (Anobiidae). The objective of this bulletin is to describe the insects and the damage done […]
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    [Archive] British bark beetles
    Lead Author: J.W. Munro
    This Bulletin deals with bark-beetles, a group of insects which is closely connected with forestry practice. It is the outcome of several years’ work and of first-hand study of the beetles both in the laboratory and in the field. The purpose of the Bulletin is to give an account of those bark-beetles which occur in […]
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    [Archive] The silver fir chermes
    Lead Author: R. Neil Chrystal
    This Bulletin provides information on the life-cycle of the silver fir chermes in Britain, as well as information on the relationship between the insect and its host tree, the silver fir, to ascertain how far the chermes was responsible for the death of the tree. The Bulletin also presents certain information collected by the author […]
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    [Archive] The Phomopsis disease of conifers
    Lead Author: Malcolm Wilson
    The fungus Phomopsis pseudotsugae, which has from time to time been known under different names, has a wide distribution in Britain and also occurs on the continent of Europe. It may attack both the green and the blue Douglas firs, the European and Japanese larches and Abies grandis among the silver firs. It is possible […]