71 6 The Journal oj Forestry. 



lEELANI). 



We presume those following the instruction given under the above 

 heading will have planting operations far advanced, if not completed. 

 Very damp ground, or ground infested with vermin, may still be 

 operated on, but on principle all planting should now be finished 

 without delay. Larch plants should be immediately attended to ; if 

 lying long in the sheugh they will soon show symptoms of growing. 

 It is now too late to plant thorn hedges in the south, but it may be 

 done up to the middle of the month in the north and round the sea- 

 board. Those planting thorn and beech mixed should bear in mind 

 that the beech will not do to be cut back like the thorn. 



Make up and repair ditches, on the top of which, in tine pulverized 

 earth, sow prepared haw and holly berries, covering the seed about 

 two inches. 



Those who still adhere to spring pruning must avoid such trees as 

 bleed profusely. All pruning ought to be finished during the first 

 fortnight ; we are decidedly opposed to spring pruning on principle, 

 although we admit it in practice. Finish planting in the nursery this 

 month, and sow ash, holly, chestnut, acorns, haws, hornbeam, and all 

 stone seeds. Sow in drills. Cuttings, if previously prepared, may 

 still be planted. 



Fork flower beds and shrubbery borders in the pleasure-grounds. 

 Peg down branches of rhododendrons, and lay evergreens. Lay turf, 

 repair lawns, pare edgings, gravel and roll walks. 



On the farm gather stones on' meadow fields, and cart them as 

 material for repairing roads. The roads should never be neglected at 

 this season of the year, when there is so much carting of manure out 

 to the fields. During hard frosty weather stub up furze and briars, 

 where such encroach on the arable land. 



An ample supply of firew^ood ought to be felled. Sales of fencing 

 material and fuel should be held before the 20th, as farm work will 

 then begin, and farmers will scarcely attend from that onwards 

 through the spring. 



Ballinacourte, Tip^jjcrat^y. D. Sym Scott, Forester. 



WALES. 



The extreme mildness of the past month will have given foresters 

 an opportunity of forwarding planting operations, which may have 

 got behind at the end of the year. The planting of deciduous 

 trees should, if possible, be brought to a close this month, and only 

 in cases where it cannot be avoided should any plants be left unplanted 

 after the above date. Where the ground has been timely and duly pre- 



