68 FOBEST WOBK FOB TEE MONTH. [Nov., 



requiring to be uprooted, should be taken in hand during the current 

 month. Tlie same remark applies to the general felling of trees in 

 the plantations. 



Alterations about the policies, such as extension of garden or 

 pleasure grounds, or the making of new avenues, should be begun at 

 once, especially if assistance is required from farm-horse or hand. 

 Wlien such operations are delayed until later on, spring work on the 

 farm usually interferes, and, of course, the work is retanied. 



Deep underground drainage will also form no inconsiderable item 

 of work for this month. "Wherever such has to be done, now is the 

 time to proceed with it. Levelling of ditches, and making new ones 

 where fields are enlarged or subdivided, is another important item for 

 the month. Lift and replant old thorn quick. When moving from place 

 to place, keep the root protected. Old quicks can be transplanted suc- 

 cessfully if one or two little points be attended to. Before taking them 

 up, cut or head them down : the shorter the better. Do not slash the 

 root more than necessary for lifting. If to be taken to a distance, 

 keep the roots protected. In the new site, which ought to have been 

 previously prepared by trenching and digging, the quicks should be 

 planted with as little delay as possible. 



See that the best soil is put next the roots, and protect for a season, 

 ■when the following year it will be a good fence. 



Continue planting forest trees where the ground is dry and suitable. 

 Do not for the present plant in moist or wet land : this will be best 

 done later on. Great care should be taken of the young plants between 

 the time they leave the nursery and being planted, so that they are 

 never exposed to either the frosts at night or the cold winds during the 

 day. Much of our disappointment in planting is attributable to 

 inattention to the plants during transit. 



All sorts of work will now be required in the home nursery : 

 trenching, sub-soiling, digging, and cleaning ; planting seedlings from 

 the seed beds ; layering from stocks, and planting cuttings. 



Collect all the leaves as they fall, and cast them with road- 

 scrapings, into the compost heap. In fact every kind of mould should 

 be collected, as there is nothing to equal a compost dressing for 

 raising forest trees or shrubs. 



I have to report very little damage done during the late gale to forest 

 trees in Ireland. We are fortunate so far. 



Tipperary. D. Sym Scott. 



WALES. 



The present month being one of the best of the year for planting 

 forest trees of all sorts, will be a busy one with foresters in general. 



