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has been, and is, desirable as a step towards replacing decrepit Pollards
by healthy trees with room for the development of their beauty, over-
felling has occurred locally; want of judgment in selection has been
shown generally ; trees felled might have been temporarily preserved as
nurses to seedlings ; and, in view of other more pressing operations, more
felling may be postponed. 5th. That, though it is to be regretted that the
commoners' rights of pasturage were not redeemed as were those of
lopping, it is quite feasible to make small and local enclosures not only
for re-afforestation, but also for small nurseries ; and 6th. That planting
should occupy the main attention of the staff in the immediate future,
and that the species indigenous to the Forest afford sufficient variety to
render the introduction of others unnecessary.
The trees now on the Forest include more than thirty forms; whilst
the Linden, the Guelder Rose, the Yew, and the Juniper grew there in
Warner's time—i. e., a century back; the Scotch Fir was then " self-
sown in the great pond at Snaresbook," and the Spanish Chestnut was
planted a hundred years before in the time of Bay.
Among trees and shrubs that I consider it desirable to increase are the
Lime, the Maple, the Spindle Tree, the Bullace, the Plum, the Sloe, the
Bird and Gean Cherries, the Hawthorn, the Pear, the two varieties of
Crab, the Mountain Ash, the Service, the Cornel, the Danewort, the
Guelder Rose, the Holly, the Ash, Elms, Poplars, the Birch, the Alder,
the Beech, the Oak, the Hornbeam, the Yew, and the Juniper.
G. S. Boulger.