- a variation of silviculture.
sylviculture
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In England, however, arboriculture, the planting and nursing of single trees, has, until recently, been better understood than sylviculture, the sowing and training of the forest.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
The prairies have never been wooded, so far as we know their history, and it has been contended that successful sylviculture would be impracticable in those regions from the want of rain.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
Other experiments in sylviculture at different points on the steppes promise valuable results.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
The experiments of the Vicomte de Courval in sylviculture throw much light on this subject, and show, in a most interesting way, the importance of pruning forest-trees.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
All the treatises on sylviculture are full of narratives of forest fires.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
