IIO FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



Three-year-old transplants, 

 (Ready for market 1917) 



Two-year-old seedlings, 

 (Ready for market 1918) 



One-year-old seedlings, 

 (Ready for market 1919) 



Total 531,500 



In addition to the above stock there are a number of larger 

 transplants of extra sized stock, set aside chiefly for decorative 

 planting, since the Nursery is frequently called upon to supply 

 a few trees of larger size for this purpose. These trees range 

 from 18 inches to 7 feet in height, and are sold according to 

 size and species at from ten cents to one dollar each. The fol- 

 lowing species are now available in this stock : White pine, 

 pitch pine, Norway spruce, white spruce, red spruce, Douglas 

 fir, balsam fir, ailanthus, butternut, black cherry and black 

 locust. 



In consideration of the reduced price at which the stock is 

 sold, the purchaser agrees to the following conditions which 

 are printed on the reverse side of the order blank which is signed 

 by the customer and are made a part of the contract: 



1. The trees purchased shall be used only for the pur- 



pose of planting lands in the State of Maine 



2. The trees shall not be resold or offered for sale be- 



fore being planted by the purchaser or his agents. 



3. The trees shall be properly planted with due care not 



to allow the drying out of the roots. 



4. Reports shall be furnished when requested, upon the 



condition and growth of the plantations. 



5. Cash or money-order for the amount of the purchase 



shall accompany the order, or be collected on de- 

 livery. 



Experiments have been started in the growing of poplar from 

 cuttings. During the spring planting season of 191 7, some 

 1,200 cuttings of poplars of various species were planted in the 



