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Nursery Grown vs. Native Planting Stock. 



Nursery grown planting- stock will in most cases be more advisable 

 than that taken from the native woods. A seedling taken from the woods 

 has had the protection of surrounding trees ; it has a loose, ranging root 

 system which must necessarily be considerably injured in lifting to trans- 

 plant. In most cases it will cost more to collect plants growing scattered 

 throughout the woods than it will to buy them from nurserymen. 



Fig. 12 — (a) Nursery grown White Pine, showing the effects of transplanting. 

 (b) Seedling from the woods, showing loose, ranging root system 



The nursery grown plant is specially treated to stand the handling 

 necessary in making plantations. It is grown in the open without pro- 

 tection, and by transplanting has been made to develop a compact root 

 system. The more compact the root system, the easier it is to place it 

 in final position in the ground and properly cover the roots. 



Time of Planting. 



The transplanting or moving of a plant is an operation which seri- 

 ously affects the constitution of the plant. It should be done at a time 

 when it will least affect the growth of the plant. If the transplanting 

 can be carried out without disturbing the soil about the roots of the 

 plant and without subjecting the plant in its new surroundings to new 



