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    [Archive] Conifers (3rd edition)
    Lead Author: Alan F. Mitchell
    Alan Mitchell’s fascinating guide to conifers features 40 types: two natives, the rest brought to Britain over the years.
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    [Archive] Thinning control (3rd edition)
    Lead Author: T.J.D. Rollinson
    This booklet is designed for field use. It provides a simple guide to the control of volume to be removed when marking a thinning. There are three sections. The first section describes the Yield Class system and the assessment of yield class in a stand. The second section covers thinning practice, that is, the type, […]
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    [Archive] Mid-diameter sawlog tables
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Booklet provides information on the mid-diameter method, which is the traditional method for estimating the volume of logs. The first edition of this work was called the Metric volume ready reckoner for round timber.
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    [Archive] Broadleaves
    Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
    It’s impossible to imagine the British landscape without its broadleaved trees. Horse chestnut, holly, beech and birch – all have long been admired and valued not only because of their timber-producing capacity but also for their beauty.The broadleaves of Britain form part of that vast natural forest of northern Europe which once stretched from the […]
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    [Archive] Silviculture of broadleaved woodland
    Lead Author: J. Evans
    The object of this Bulletin is to assist all who are concerned with the management or cultivation of broadleaves. Much practical silvicultural advice is included, and many recommendations are made with the main emphasis on the silvicultural techniques used to grow good quality timber. But broadleaved woodlands are important for much more than timber production […]
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    [Archive] A key to eucalypts in Britain and Ireland
    Lead Author: J. Evans
    This Booklet describes the species named in an Arboriculture Research Note on eucalypts in Britain by Evans (1980) plus a few others, and the principal species grown in Ireland referred to by Mooney (1960). The most successful species are from areas of temperate climate in Australia and are relatively frost tolerant. The characters used are […]
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    [Archive] The use of chemicals (other than herbicides) in forest and nursery
    Lead Author: O.N. Blatchford
    This is the first Booklet dedicated to chemicals other than herbicides used in forestry. It is suggested that this publication is kept with its companion volume The use of herbicides in the forest (Booklet 51) to give a comprehensive reference to the use of all chemicals in the forest. Although produced primarily for internal use […]
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    [Archive] Broadleaves in Britain: addresses, supplementary papers and discussions
    Lead Author: A.J. Grayson (Ed.)
    The Forestry Commission and the Institute of Chartered Foresters organised a symposium under the title 'Broadleaves in Britain: Future Management and Research' at Loughborough, Leics., on 7-9 July 1982. This Occasional Paper contains supplementary papers and addresses which, in combination with the set of papers published previously (Broadleaves in Britain, edited by D.C. Malcolm, J. […]
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    [Archive] Seed manual for ornamental trees and shrubs
    Lead Author: A.G. Gordon
    The aims of this manual are two-fold. Firstly it presents the practical plant propagator with all the relevant information he needs to ensure reliable production from seed of the more commonly grown ornamental broadleaved species. It includes the latest results of the Forestry Commission’s own work and summarises existing in formation gleaned from experienced nurserymen […]
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    [Archive] Conifer Lachnids in Britain
    Lead Author: C.I. Carter
    This Bulletin contains Field keys and morphological keys with descriptions and illustrations for the identifications of the 27 aphids of the family Lachnidae known to occur on conifers in Britain. The strong influence of their host plant upon these insects and the impact some of them have on the growth of forest trees and amenity […]
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    [Archive] Research for practical arboriculture – proceedings of the Forestry Commission / Arboricultural Association seminar at Preston, February 1980
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Paper presents the report of the seminar, which represents more an interim review rather than a record of completed research. The seminar covered the following main subject area: amenity tree management, better value trees, planting on man-made sites, and clonal selection.
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    [Archive] Investment appraisal in forestry
    Lead Author: R.J.N. Busby
    The purpose of this Booklet is to outline the basic concepts of investment appraisal as they apply to forestry, to provide tables of use in appraisal and to illustrate their application to a variety of cases in forestry.