ir.4 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



putting in the plants. This is a system ^vlnch I do not approve, 

 and consequently it has been put a stop to. 



There are two nurseries, of about three acres each, upon different 

 parts of the estate, for keeping up a supply of young trees, and 

 plants for underwood. Seedlings are generally bought and kept 

 a year or two, as the case may be, and in this way the young 

 plants become to a certain extent acclimatised before being 

 planted out permanently. Plants gi-own in these nurseries lift 

 with abundance of roots, and when planted out they soon lay 

 hold of the ground, and begin to grow with vigour at an early 

 period. In this and other ways, they are an important advantage 

 iipon an estate. 



