On Naval Timber and Arboriculture. Patrick Matthew

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION.

       PART I. STRUCTURE OF VESSELS.

       SECTION I. PLANK.

       SECTION II. TIMBERS.

       NOTES TO PART I.

       PART II. BRITISH FOREST TREES USED AS NAVAL TIMBER.

       O AK — Quercus .

       S PANISH C HESTNUT — Castanea vulgaris , (Fagus Castanea, L.)

       B EECH -T REE — Fagus sylvatica .

       E LM — Ulmus. — B ROAD -L EAVED, OR S COTCH, or W YCH E LM — Ulmus montana.

       N ARROW-LEAVED OR E NGLISH E LM — Ulmus campestris .

       R EDWOOD W ILLOW , or S TAG’S H EAD O ZIER ,— Salix fragilis 13 .

       RED-WOOD PINE — Pinus .

       W HITE L ARCH — Larix communis , (L. pyramidalis) .

       NOTES TO PART II.

       PART III. MISCELLANEOUS MATTER CONNECTED WITH NAVAL TIMBER.

       NURSERIES.

       PLANTING.

       FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON PRUNING.

       OBSERVATIONS ON TIMBER.

       CONCERNING OUR MARINE, &c.

       NOTES TO PART III.

       PART IV. NOTICES OF AUTHORS RELATIVE TO TIMBER.

       I. T HE F ORESTER’S G UIDE , by Mr Monteath .

       II.— N ICOL’S P LANTER’S C ALENDAR.

       III. B ILLINGTON ON P LANTING.

       IV.— F ORSYTH ON F RUIT AND F OREST T REES.

       V.— M R W ITHERS.

       VI.— S TEWARDS P LANTER’S G UIDE, AND S IR W ALTER S COTT’S C RITIQUE.

       VII. C RUICKSHANK’S P RACTICAL P LANTER.

       NOTES TO PART IV.

       APPENDIX.

       N OTE A.

       N OTE B.

       N OTE C.

       N OTE D, p. 4 .

       N OTE E.

       N OTE F.

       NOTES TO THE APPENDIX.

       ERRATA.

INTRODUCTION.

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