144 FOREST WORK FOR THE MONTH. [June 



Plantations and Pleasuke Grounds. — Lately-planted ornamental 

 trees and evergreen shrubs should be well watered, and have their 

 supports examined and strengthened. 



Large or important trees, intended for future transplanting, 

 should now be prepared for this operation by shortening straggling 

 branches, and training the roots to be lifted with moderate-sized 

 compact balls. To do this, cut a trench around each root, at a 

 distance from the bole proportionate to the size of the tree, and 

 deep enough to cut all the rootlets. Fill this trench with fresh 

 rich soil, or compost, or any other matter that would stimulate the 

 rootlets, and upon which they could feed and flourish for a year or 

 more, until their removal is desired. 



Prepare for autumn planting by fencing the ground, draining, 

 laying out rides, and forming roads throughout the intended 

 plantation. Pits may also be made for the larger plants. Planta- 

 tions made last winter should be gone through after rains, to tread 

 up loose plants, and set upright those swayed over by winds. 



Ptoads and walks on which weeds appear may have these 

 destroyed by watering with a solution of carbolic acid ; strength 

 about one part of acid to forty parts of water will generally be 

 found sufficient ; but care must be taken to keep this mixture from 

 contact with box, grass, or live edgings of any kind, for it is no 

 respecter of vegetable substances, but is eminently destructive to 

 all vegetation with whicli it comes into contact. When further 

 diluted, this makes an excellent dressing for seeds before sowing, 

 to destroy fungoid germs, and prevent the ravages of birds and 

 mice. 



KuPtSERY. — Sow seeds of the Wych elm in the early part of the 

 month. Collect them fresh from the trees, and sow at once. In 

 dry weather, water the beds regularly until the seeds germinate, 

 then shade from the sun and from night frosts. The seeds of this 

 elm may also be gathered and dried, and retained for sowing in 

 February and March. Keep the hoe and rake going against weeds, 

 and stir up hard ground between the rows with a light spade or the 

 digging-fork. Weed seed-beds, and prick out evergreen seedlings in 

 favourable weather, and water them regularly. 



Turn over compost heaps, and mix their contents while turning, 

 chopping lumps into small pieces. This will hasten decomposition 

 of the compost matter, and prepare them for earlier application. 

 Apply lime in its hot and powdery state to bare fallows, at the rate 

 of about 56 lbs. per perch. It is an excellent application for 

 reduction of the refractory constituents of the soil. 



A. Paterson. 

 Paultons, Romset, Hampshike. 



