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be greatly helped by adopting the management of home nurseries as 

 an essential part of that system. The amount of care and attention a 

 nursery requires is no doubt considerable, but the great advantages, 

 and ultimately largely increased profits to the proprietor, will far more 

 than repay the extra outlay necessary to start it, and keep it in good 

 order. Nursery-ground should neither be low-lying nor too much 

 sheltered ; better rather that it be somewhat exposed, for the plants 

 thus reared will succeed best when planted out. The soil should be 

 of a friable nature, and it is good practice to take a green crop off it 

 occasionally, alternately if practicable, so as to clean and enrich the 

 soil. The subject of extended planting is one well worth consideration 

 by the owner of elevated tracts of land. With the foreign supply of 

 timber gradually diminishing, and the development of our own internal 

 industries, there will always be a demand for all kinds of home-grown 

 timber. The enterprise is one which may be safely entered upon ; and 

 one element that would contribute in no small degree to its success 

 would be the general establishment of private nurseries. 



W. W. R. 



