sylviculture

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In England, however, arboriculture, the planting and nursing of single trees, has, until comparatively recent times, been better understood than sylviculture, the sowing and training of the forest.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

All the treatises on sylviculture are full of narratives of forest fires.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

England, forest economy of, 221; large extent of ornamental plantations, 222; Forests of, described by Cæsar, 222; private enterprise in sylviculture, 292; sand dunes of, 507.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

Other experiments in sylviculture at different points on the steppes promise valuable results.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

In fact, England is, I believe, the only European country where private enterprise has pursued sylviculture on a really great scale, though admirable examples have been set in many others.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.