Major HERBERTasked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether his attention has been called to the desirability that other trees besides conifers should be planted in Wales; whether his commission is experimenting with the planting of beeches; and, in that case, in which district?
§ Sir G. COURTHOPEThe answer to both questions is in the affirmative. Beeches and other hardwoods are planted in belts and in many cases in replacing failures in coniferous plantations.