Chapter I: Part II: British Forest Trees Suited for Naval Purposes

Oak—Quercus, . . . 31

Spanish Chestnut—Castanea vulgaris, . . . 42

Beech-tree—Fagus sylvatica, . . . 48

Scotch Elm—Ulmus montana, . . . 50

English Elm—Ulmus campestris, . . . 54

Red-wood Willow—Salix fragilis, . . . 58

Red-wood Pine—Pinus, . . . 63

White Larch—Larix communis, pyramidalis, . . . 75

Investigation of the causes of the rot in larch, . . . 78

Soils and subsoils most suited for larch, . . . 82

Soils and subsoils where larch generally takes rot, . . . 86

Remarks on open draining, . . . 88

Bending and kneeing larch, . . . 90

New plan of forming larch roots advantageously into knees, . . . 94

Uses of larch, and value as a naval timber, . . . 97