Excerpt from Results of Shelterwood Cutting in Western Hemlock Brush competition was not a serious problem in this area, averaging only 32-percent canopy density during the study. It appears, however, that the greatest densities of lesser vegetation that did occur under open stands inhibitedheight growth of hemlock seed lings somewhat. 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.