Natal Agricultural Journal

Author : Thomas Robertson Sim
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330164587
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Tree Planting in Natal written by Thomas Robertson Sim and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tree Planting in Natal This Bulletin consists of off-prints and reprints of articles by the author, which have appeared in the "Natal Agricultural Journal," edited only to the extent of avoiding repetitions, but supplemented by such additional chapters or particulars as appeared necessary to make it a fairly complete treatise on the subject in hand. Tree planting for the purposes of timber-production, shelter, and ornament have been dealt with here, but the planting and culture of fruit trees have been omitted, as being sufficiently distinct to require separate treatment. The great variation of climate and altitude found within Natal produces naturally several zones of vegetation in the indigenous tree-flora, and necessitates the separation of exotics into corresponding zones, limited in accordance with the elasticity of nature of each species used. Consequently, although the chapters on methods of culture apply in principle to all parts of the Colony, and, indeed, to all parts of South Africa, it has been found necessary in the treatment of species to divide the Colony into three belts corresponding to vegetation zones. These belts are nowhere definitely delimited; they overlap more or less wherever they meet, but in a general way are sufficiently distinct to act as guides to intending tree planters. Experience in Cape Colony, as well as observation in other parts of South Africa and abroad, have been largely utilised in the preparation of this Bulletin, although Natal experience, founded on the observation of success or failure achieved by farmers and others who started tree planting many years ago before this Department came into existence, has been accepted as the ruling index wherever such exists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.