 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1894 - 602 pages
...remunerative may hestated at once : we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasure-ground...on a larger in the New Forest and Windsor Forest.' ART. VIII. — Silva Gadelica: a Collection oj Tales in Irish, edited from MSS. and translated. By... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1891 - 1150 pages
...may be stated at once — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasure-ground...scale the example set by the State on a larger in the \ew Forest and Windsor Forest. Mixed planting is generally practised, in sharp contrast to what Continental... | |
 | John Nisbet - Arboriculture - 1893 - 376 pages
...Bart., says : — " One chief hindrance to our woodlands being remunerative may be stated at once — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters....contrast to what Continental foresters call ' pure forest . — that is, a woodland composed of one species of tree. This is in itself a hindrance to... | |
 | John Nisbet - 1893 - 38 pages
...may be stated at once, — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land, returned as woodland, is really pleasure-ground...contrast to what continental foresters call ' pure forest ' — that is, a woodland composed of one species of tree. This is in itself a hindrance to... | |
 | Forests and forestry - 1894 - 848 pages
...may be stated at once, — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land, returned as woodland, is really pleasure-ground...contrast to what continental foresters call ' pure forest ' — that is, a woodland composed of one species of tree. This is in itself a hindrance to... | |
 | James Brown - Forests and forestry - 1894 - 576 pages
...may be stated at once — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasure-ground...on a larger in the New Forest and Windsor Forest." This was a matter also distinctly brought before the notice of the Parliamentary Committee on Forestry... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1894 - 612 pages
...sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasitre-ground and game-cover. Thousands of landowners follow on...on a larger in the New Forest and Windsor Forest.' AKT. AET. VIII. — Silva Gadelica: a Collection oj Tales in Irish, edited from MSS. and translated.... | |
 | Sir Herbert Maxwell - Essays - 1895 - 374 pages
...may be stated at once — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasure-ground...contrast to what Continental foresters call "pure forest" — that is, a woodland composed of one species of tree. This is in itself a hindrance to profitable... | |
 | Forests and forestry - 1919 - 716 pages
...remunerative may bestated at once : we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasure-ground...scale the example set by the State on a larger in th& New Forest and Windsor Forest." AI;T. Art. IV.— T_HE IMPROVEMENT OF BRITISH FORJ3STI 1. Report... | |
 | Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society - Forests and forestry - 1901 - 674 pages
...remunerative may be stated at once : we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land returned as woodland is really pleasure-ground...on a larger in the New Forest and Windsor Forest." This is a true indictment, though fortunately there are, at anyrate, some among the Scottish woodlands... | |
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One chief hindrance to our woodlands being remunerative may be stated at once, — we are arboriculturists and sportsmen, not foresters. A large proportion of the land, returned as woodland, is really pleasure-ground and game-cover. Thousands of landowners... 