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amongst them. It is only when many of our finest ornamental trees 

 are in new and full leaf tliat they can properly be distinguished 

 from others less rare or valuable, and therefore very special attention 

 should be paid to the marking of them under the circumstances. 



It is about this time of the year also that many specially interest- 

 ing and instructive features both in the leaf, flower and fruit, or 

 seed, are to lie observed, and those who cannot find a better School 

 of Forestry may learn in this much that is really and truly useful 

 and edifying ; and by going deep enough, a mine of information Avill be 

 discovered possibly not to be met with in printed pages or diagrams. 



C. Y. MlCHIE. 

 CULLEX HorsE. 



WALES. 



CONTHSrUE the preparation of ground to be planted next season. 

 When ground is drained, and trenched or ploughed at this 

 season of the year, it gives it time to get thoroughly dry and 

 sweetened before being planted. 



Young plantations will still require attention in the way of 

 cleaning all rough herbage from the young plants, otherwise they 

 will become drawn up, and lose their lower branches. 



With the view of having hedges w^ell furnished at the bottom, 

 keep them thoroughly clean and free from herbage of all sorts. Keep 

 fences of all sorts in good repair, and tar or varnish all wood and 

 iron work during fine weather. 



Finish up the pruning of hardwood trees as early as possible 

 during the present month. 



Owing to the cold and dryness of the season, late transplanted 

 trees have not made great progress. It is therefore necessary that 

 they should be watered wherever practicable. 



Oak bark in most cases will now have been secured, or delivered 

 to the tanner or merchant. Where the timber has not been dressed 

 and removed, no time should be lost in doing so. The chief work in 

 the nursery will be the keeping down of weeds ; early attention in 

 this simple matter often saves a great amount of labour. 



Lewis Bayne. 



KiNMEL Park, Abergele. 



