428 Forestry Quarterly. 



inch square, with the soil are taken up, cut with straight sides, 

 deep enough to make sure that the roots are fully secured and in 

 no way injured. These blocks are then carried to the area to be 

 planted — the nursery must be near the planting area — and set out, 

 say 50 trees in the block or bunch, in the prepared ground. The 

 planting is done in early spring in the felling areas of the pre- 

 ceding winter under the partial shade of nurse trees, somewhat 

 lighter than the natural regeneration. Deep soil culture is nec- 

 essary which in the cold clay soil is done by digging interrupted 

 furrows 2 feet broad and i inch deep, 2 feet apart, keeping away 

 from stumps and trees. Usually 6 to 8000 feet of rills per acre 

 suffice. Within these furrows, every two feet, holes are dug, 6 

 inches square, and deep enough for the blocks of plants, which 

 are set in these holes so that they are about 2 inches above the 

 general level of the ground, firming the block but not placing any 

 soil on the block. In this difficult locality, cultivation during the 

 summer, hoeing to keep the ground loose, is required. 



The result of this planting has been an astonishing success, not 

 only in securing stands but changing the whole character of the 

 locality. 



Buchen- und Eichenkuliuren in Brcgcntvcd, Ddneniark. Centralblatt 

 fiir das gesammte Forstwesen. April, May, 1913. Pp. 149-164; 205-222. 



In the same article as the above Hauch re- 



Oak lates his experience with oak. He uses the 



Culture. same method of soil preparation as used for 



the block planting but finds that sowing into 



the furrows direct is very successful, under the light shade of 



nurse trees, provided the acorns are good. On this last point he 



lays great stress not only as to germination but derivation, and 



goes into greatest detail as to the handling of the seed. While 



fall sowing would be preferable, the large number of pheasants 



and game make spring sowing necessary. 



It is difficult to judge quality of acorns ; the commercial material 

 is apt to be either unripe or already germinated. To avoid gath- 

 ering unripe acorns is by no means easy, even if the collecting is 

 done late to avoid the early poor stock. The unripe acorns have 

 a greenish tint, hence if self collecting, can be thrown out; but 

 they soon get brown, hence in commercial ware cannot be so read- 

 ily recognized. 



