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Time of Planting. 



The transplanting or moving of a plant should be done at a time when it will 

 least interfere with its growth. If the transplanting can be carried on without 

 disturbing the soil about the roots and without subjecting the plant in its new sur- 

 roundings to adverse conditions, the operation might be performed almost any 

 month of the year. 



In the rough operation of forest planting the plant must be handled at a 

 season when it is in a dormant condition. For the climatic conditions of southern 



Fig. 10 illustrates a plantation of Scotch Pine made about twenty-five years ago. 

 This was a gravelly hillside of small value for cultivation. At a very small cost it was 

 replanted, and to-day is a valuable asset to the farm. 



Ontario, the early spring seems to be the most suitable season for this work. 

 The end of April to the end of May will in general be the safest time, in spring, 

 to plant. 



Planting of evergreens may also be successfully carried on between the mid- 

 dle of August and the middle of September. Where there is no winter protection, 

 and the young plants are subject to the sudden changes, without a snow cover, as 

 often happens in southern Ontario, fall planting may receive considerahle injury. 



Transplanting larger, ornamental evergreens is done at other seasons than 

 those mentioned above, but this form of planting must not be confused with forest 

 planting. 



Material foe Planting. 



The possibility of successful forest planting at a low cost depends largely 

 upon the size and quality of the plant used in the operation. In reforesting, a 

 small plant is used with a well developed root-system, as shown in Pig. 11. 



The small plant can be producecl at a low cost, and it can be placed in the 

 ground with little labor. In handling and transplanting the small plant there is 



