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Next season they are again transplanted, or they may be left for two 

 years, when they are again interlined so as to encourage stout roots 

 and clean healthy plants. Purchasers may thus see that it is more 

 profitable to buy forest seedlings by age rather than height. In the 

 same field were strong one year's old transplanted Tyrolese and 

 native larch, 4 feet high and over, and large breaks of Scotch fir five 

 years old thrice transplanted, not higher than 12 inches, but with a 

 greater root growth, admirably adapted, as shown by their present 

 site, for steep hill slopes. A large area of oaks over a foot high, raised 

 from a ton of acorns, testified to the seed-raising capabilities of the 

 spot. So, too, did great breaks of young larches, native Highland 

 pine, spruce, oak, sycamores, beeches, as well as various kinds of 

 recently introduced varieties. 



The other nurseries of the firm, specially that of Eedbraes, are 

 replete with novelties worth attention during the planting season. 

 Amongst the specialties in ornamental shrubs and trees may be 

 noted fine specimens of Prumis Pissarclii, the rich leaf-coloured Acer 

 Hookeriana, a golden weeping ash, and several Japanese novelties 

 which appear well suited to our northern climate. The large 

 breadths of hollies, rhododendrons, tritoma, and mahonias afford 

 an admirable selection for game covers. The relations betwixt 

 Bonnington and Liberton thus help towards the full development of 

 sale plants, enabling the purchaser to obtain ornamental and forest 

 supplies from the same establishment. The central warehouse in 

 AVaterloo Place has telephonic communication with all the 

 nurseries, A. T, 



EFFECT OF RED LEAD, CARBOLIC ACID, AND 

 PETROLEUM ON GERMINATION. 



BY DR. A. GIESLAR, OF THE IMPERIAL AND EOYAL FOREST LABORATORY, 



VIENNA. 



(Specially translated for Forestry from Centralhlatt fur das 

 gesammte Forstwesen.) 



EVERY year a considerable quantity of forest seeds is used in 

 ordinary course. A great part of it goes into the nursery, to 

 be there raised with care into good plants. The making and main- 

 tenance of nurseries is as a rule attended with great expense, and 

 there are even cases in which the whole forest business is in the 

 closest dependence on good management of the nursery. It is thus 



