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A plot of about two acres was provided by the University 

 and work on the site was begun as early in 191 3 as funds were 

 made available. This was, however, too late for extensive 

 spring planting. The results were slightly anticipated, and three 

 seed beds of white pine were started in the early spring by the 

 class in Silviculture. These provided one-year-old plants for 

 transplanting this spring. 



The site required a considerable amount of grading and cul- 

 tivation before it was in condition for nursery purposes. This 

 work was done in 191 3, and also the construction of a store 

 house and packing room 12' by 20' in dimensions, with a con- 

 crete foundation and cellar floor. This house is used for the 

 storage of seeds, tools and implements, and for a work room in 

 handling and packing stock for shipment. 



A complete system of water piping has also been installed, 

 and the area surrounded by a six-foot steel wire fence, the 

 material for which was contributed as an advertisement and 

 demonstration, by the American Steel and Wire Company, of 

 New York. 



In the spring of 191 4, planting was begun on a commercial 

 scale, the work being done by the forestry students. Forty seed 

 beds were established, and a part of the one-year-old white pine 

 seedlings were transferred to transplant beds in the new n'ursery. 

 In addition to this, a number of older transplants were moved 

 from their previous position, where they had been growing for 

 some six years past. These plants had been grown for experi- 

 mental purposes as a part of the regular work in the field re- 

 quired of students in the class in silviculture. Most of these 

 are now too large to be recommended for forest planting, but 

 they are very suitable for decorative planting or for landscape 

 work. 



The stock on hand in the nursery at the present time is as 

 follows : 



Seedlings — 1914 



White pine (Pinus strobus) 100,000 



Red pine (Pinus resinosa) 50,00') 



Austrian pine (Pinus Austriaca) 17,000 



Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) 8,000 



Norway spruce fPicea excelsa) 40,00^) 



Larch (Larix laricina) 3oOO 



