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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] Eighth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners 1926-1927

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Published by HMSO, for the year ending September 1927.
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.7)

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    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 seventh Journal includes information on: Forest workers’ holdings; Review […]
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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] Seventh Annual Report of the Foresty Commissioners 1925-1926

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Published by HMSO, for the year ending September 1926.
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.6)

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    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 sixth Journal includes information on: Review of progress in […]
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    [Archive] Research Annual Reports 1925-1926

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The annual reports of Forest Research for the year 1925-1926 which includes:– Nursery and plantation experiments(England and Wales).– Permanent sample plots.– 1 Water content of nursery seedlings and transplants.– 2 Periodicity of root growth.– 3 Peat research.– 4 Mycorrhiza.– 5 Food reserves of trees.– 6 Visit to Inchnacardoch peat area.– 7 Proposed research.– Peat investigations.– […]
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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] Sixth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners 1924-1925

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Published by HMSO, for the year ending September 1925.
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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] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.5)

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    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 fifth Journal includes information on: Research work; The forests […]
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    [Archive] Research Annual Reports 1924-1925

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The annual reports of Forest Research for the year 1924-1925 which includes:– Nursery and plantation experiments(Scotland, England and Wales).– Permanent sample plots.– 1 Water content of seedlings and transplants of the spruces and European larch.– 2 Food storage of the spruces and European larch.– 3 Peat planting.– 4 Mineral requirements of the spruces.– Peat investigations.– […]