AFFORESTATION IN SOUTHERN LANDS - Dealing Specially with Location as to Market, System and Methods of Planting, Sylvicultural Treatment and Species Most Suitable for Southern Lands by Ebenezer Maxwell

Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, no date c.1930.

Hardback, 315 pages, black and white photographs.

Green leatherette cover with gilt titles. Good condition, tight binding. Has previous owners' names in front some mottling to end page only.

Written for forestry in Southern Lands - especially in New Zealand.

Includes - General Principles of Forestry, Location, Preparation, Planting, Thinning, Pruning, Values, Seed Selection, Nursery, Mixed & Pure Planting, Shelter, Fires, Diseases & Pests, Timber Production, Suitable Species, Softwoods, Hardwoods, List of Scientific and Common Names, Species Index and General Index. Mainly considers use of Pinus, Eucalypts and Acacias.