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IN an article entitled “Revue de Sylviculture”, pub-lished originally in the Revue generate des Sciences 11 pures et appliquees (48, No. 7, April), Prof. H. Perrin \ deals with the practice of modern sylviculture more,"especially from the French point of view. He points out that in former times the forest was regarded solely as a source of supply of timber and smaller materials, on the supposition that such supplies would continue inexhaustible. Latterly, he says, there has been a swing-back, in some quarters, to this point of view. He pleads for a return to, or a continuance of faith in, the sylvicultural principles laid down by the old masters of the science or art, of whom the last century provided some of the best known. Perrin deals with the various aspects of, and factors influencing, sylvicultural practice, and details in a general manner French methods. A close acquaintance with the forest is not easy to acquire, owing to the fact that the methods of investigation common to all the biological sciences are difficult of application in the forest ; long years of observation must be passed during which generations of men succeed each other ; and only continuity and persistence will result in that sylvicultural knowledge and practice which is the antithesis of the ‘get rich quick’ theory as applied to forest management, which has made its appearance of late years in places.
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Modern Sylviculture. Nature 141, 239 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141239c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141239c0