168 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
future date by a more imposing structure, should circumstances 
render it desirable. The house and outbuildings should be sub- 
stantially put up, and the best materials used in their construction, 
as, whatever development the area may undergo in course of time, 
they would still be serviceable without great alteration. 
For the nursery itself we may allow an area of about an acre, 
being sufficient to provide plants for the extent of ground likely to 
be planted annually. It may also be desirable to erect a few 
frames or a small green-house, for the purpose of raising tender 
seedlings, or for carrying on simple experiments in plant growth. 
Suitable System of Management during first few Years. 
Although no definite system of management can be laid down 
which would be of any use in dealing with a concrete case, yet we 
may briefly discuss a policy of administration which would fall 
into line with the various conditions already assumed to exist on 
the suggested type of area. 
In preparing a working plan for such an area, a careful exami- 
nation of soil, situation, etc., should be made, in order that the 
various parts, which closely resemble one another in these respects, 
may be allotted to their respective working classes. 
In a normal condition of stocking, these working classes would 
each contain a complete series of age classes, and the problem 
which presents itself is how best to bring the area into its normal 
condition without undue delay on the one hand, or incurring 
financial loss on the other. By paying too much attention to 
existing conditions, and the maturity or immaturity of the original 
stock of timber, the normal condition may not be attained in 
several rotations. On the other hand, to ignore the existing stock 
of timber and its condition, by keeping the ideal too closely in view, 
an unreasonable loss may be experienced by allowing timber to get 
over-ripe in one case, or cutting it when immature in another. 
The aim of the forest organiser is usually directed towards giving 
the annual fellings a direction contrary to that of the prevailing winds, 
which in Britain usually blow from the south-west. Felling and re- 
planting should therefore commence at the east side of the stocked 
area, and proceed steadily westward ; but as we may have to modify 
our method of working to suit existing conditions, it will probably 
be better to stock all bare ground as soon as possible, and in such 
a way that the stock of timber during the second rotation may be 
