On Naval Timber

About this eBook

Author

Matthew, Patrick, 1790-1874

Title

On Naval Timber and Arboriculture With Critical Notes on Authors who have Recently Treated the Subject of Planting

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net, including RichardW (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SD: Agriculture: Forestry

Subject

Forests and forestry -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53678

Release Date

December 6, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ON NAVAL TIMBER.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.INTRODUCTION. — NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION.
8. 8.PART I. STRUCTURE OF VESSELS. — SECTION I. PLANK. — DIRECTIONS 5 FOR TRAINING PLANK TIMBER. — SECTION II. TIMBERS. — NOTES TO PART I.
9. 9.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 ) . — C LASS I. SOILS AND SUBSOILS FOR LARCH. — C LASS II. SOILS AND SUBSOILS WHERE LARCH TAKES DRY ROT. — ON BENDING AND KNEEING LARCH. — NOTES TO PART II.
10. 10.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.
11. 11.PART IV. NOTICES OF AUTHORS RELATIVE TO TIMBER.
12. 12.I. T HE F ORESTER’S G UIDE , by Mr Monteath .
13. 13.II.— N ICOL’S P LANTER’S C ALENDAR.
14. 14.III. B ILLINGTON ON P LANTING.
15. 15.IV.— F ORSYTH ON F RUIT AND F OREST T REES.
16. 16.V.— M R W ITHERS.
17. 17.VI.— S TEWARDS P LANTER’S G UIDE, AND S IR W ALTER S COTT’S C RITIQUE.
18. 18.VII. C RUICKSHANK’S P RACTICAL P LANTER. — NOTES TO PART IV.
19. 19.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.
20. 20.ERRATA.
21. 21.Untitled

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