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  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Rabbit management in woodlands (FC Leaflet 67 – 1976)

     This Leaflet describes the methods in use in 1976 to control rabbit numbers.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Badger gates (FC Leaflet 68 – 1976)

     Erection of a badger gate at the time a rabbit fence is erected-can prevent physical damage by badgers to the fence.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Chemical control of weeds in the forest
    Lead Author: R.M. Brown
    This Booklet gives recommendations on the use of herbicides in British forests. It replaces Forestry Commission Leaflet 51, also entitled Chemical Control of Weeds in the Forest. Suitable types of equipment are generally described in Chapter 8, but detailed advice on the most suitable type and make of spraying equipment is not given as this […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The control of Dutch elm disease (FC Leaflet 54 – 1974 (2ed))

     Different methods of controlling Dutch elm disease are discussed in this Leaflet
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The large pine weevil and black pine beetles (FC Leaflet 58 – 1974)

     This Leaflet discusses the large line weevil and the black pine beetle.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Grey squirrel control (FC Leaflet 56 – 1973)

     This Leaflet discusses methods to control grey squirrels.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [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.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Conifer wooly aphids (Adelgidae) in Britain
    Lead Author: C.I. Carter
    This investigation has been mainly confined to providing descriptions for the identification of the various winged morphs of the adelgid species occurring in Britain. Morphological keys and descriptions, together with 32 figures, are given for the determination of the 14 winged morphs of the 9 species having alatae. In addition, a key to the adult […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Blue stain (FC Leaflet 53 – 1966)

     This Leaflet describes briefly the effects of blue stain on the wood of coniferous trees.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The great spruce bark beetle
    Lead Author: J.M.B. Brown
    The insect Dendroctonus micans, a bark beetle that is found in North West Europe, has for long been held, by forest entomologists, to constitute a potential threat to coniferous plantations in Great Britain, although it is not yet established here. Accordingly, in June 1964, Mr D. Bevan, the Commission’s senior forest entomologist, and Mr J.M.B. […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Principal butt rots of conifers
    Lead Author: R.J. Gladman
    This booklet is planned as a forester’s guide to the recognition of the three most common and damaging decays of standing conifers in Great Britain. The fungi that cause these rots are the basidiomycetes Heterobasidion annosum (formerly known as Fomes annosus), Armillaria mellea, and Polyporus schweinitzii. They are primary root rotting organisms, infection usually beginning in the […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Rabbit control in woodlands
    Lead Author: E.V. Rogers
    This Booklet includes all the practical methods of controlling and killing rabbits in this country. Much has been written on the rabbit as the quarry of the sportsman and poacher and it is upon their experience the author has had to draw. Neither of these have the extermination of the rabbit as their aim, but […]