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    [Archive] Fertilisers in the establishment of conifers in Wales and southern England
    Lead Author: J.E. Everard
    The purpose of this publication is to answer some of the questions commonly asked about the use of fertilisers in young forest crops in Southern Britain, that is south of the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and to summarise the evidence on which recommended practice is based. The three main sources of information are: experiments in […]
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    [Archive] Field recognition of British elms
    Lead Author: J. Jobling
    The elms described in this booklet are the species, varieties and hybrids commonly found in the countryside and parks, and at the roadside in towns. They are: English elm – Ulmus proceraWych elm – U. glabraSmooth-leaved elm – U. carpinifolia Gleditsch var. carpinifoliaCornish elm – U. carpinifolia var. cornubiensisWheatley elm – U. carpinifolia var. sarniensisDutch elm […]
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    [Archive] Hydratongs (FC Leaflet 55 – 1973)

     Hydratongs are small hydraulic grapple's developed by the Forestry Commission.
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    [Archive] Grey squirrel control (FC Leaflet 56 – 1973)

     This Leaflet discusses methods to control grey squirrels.
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    [Archive] Replacing elm in the countryside (FC Leaflet 57 – 1973)

     This Leaflet suggests tree species which would be suitable to replace elm in rural areas.
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    [Archive] Common trees
    Lead Author: Alan F. Mitchell
    This Booklet provides basic information to help users identify common broadleaved and coniferous trees found in Britain. Thirty two species are included with drawings showing tree shapes, leaves and fruit/flowers.
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    [Archive] Work study in forestry
    Lead Author: W.O. Wittering (Ed)
    This Bulletin presents the papers produced for an international course on work study in forestry organised by the Forestry Commission for the joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Working Techniques and Training of Forest Workers held at Wymondham College, Norfolk, and Newton Rigg College of Agriculture and Forestry, Cumberland, in July 1971.
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    [Archive] Nursery practice
    Lead Author: J.R.Aldhous
    This Bulletin summarises results gained from the extensive programme of experiments and enquiries carried out by the Forestry Commission’s Research Division, from its inception in 1919 until the year 1970, together with the practical experience obtained in the large-scale raising of planting stocks for the national afforestation programme.
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    [Archive] Conifers in the British Isles: a descriptive handbook
    Lead Author: Alan F. Mitchell
    This booklet contains a wealth of information on conifers from roughly 580 estates, gardens, parks and collections. Some outstanding trees previously unrecorded have been found and the best of these have been included. Specimens outside the general range of their species in this country are given precedence even if of no great size. Trees recorded […]
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    [Archive] Gwydyr forest in Snowdonia: a history
    Lead Author: Donald L. Shaw
    In 1920 the Forestry Commission began the transformation of a great expanse of steep hillside and moorland, around Betws-y-Coed in North Wales, into modern productive forest. The few old oakwoods that remained, and the remarkable scenery of riverside, lake and crag were treated with the consideration they merited when spruce, larch, pine and Douglas fir […]
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    [Archive] Thinning control in British woodlands (metric)
    Lead Author: R.T. Bradley
    This booklet provides a simple guide to the volume to be removed when thinning pure even-aged stands, or with suitable modifications, when thinning woods of mixed species and/or of uneven age. It replaces Booklet 17, the imperial version, from 1966.
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    [Archive] Operational research and the managerial economics of forestry
    Lead Author: P.A. Wardle (Ed)
    At the Fourteenth Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations held in Munich in September 1967, a Working Group was set up in the Economics Section, Section 31, to consider the contribution of operational research to studies in the field of the managerial economics of forestry. In September 1970, members of this working […]