NOTK ON" THE PLANTING OK POPLARS AT KININVIE. 77 



will be taken, and planted partly with rooted plants, and partly 

 with cuttings of the same size, at a distance apart of 16 feet or 

 about 170 to the acre. It is clearly established that the trees 

 for planting out should be as large as possible, and in order 

 to obtain plants of the size required it appears essential that 

 they should be grown from slips in a nursery on the spot. 

 Otherwise, the cost of transportation from the grower would 

 be out of proportion to the value of the plants. 



Cuttings of the following species and varieties will be purchased 

 in equal quantities : — 



Peuplier Suisse Eucalyptus Sarce P. robusta 



P. trichocarpa P. Eugene i 



P. serotina P. regeticrata 



and will be planted in a temporary nursery close to the area to 

 be planted. After two years in the nursery they will be planted 

 out in the experimental plot. In order to get sturdy plants the 

 cuttings should be stout, and not less than two years old — then- 

 length might be 2 to 3 feet. 



The progress of the experimental plot will be observed, and 

 if the experiment appears to be successful an adjoining area of 

 about 40 acres will be planted with the species or varieties 

 which have flourished best. The sets or cuttings required for this 

 will probably be procurable from the plants already established 

 in the experimental plot, or from the stools left in the nursery 

 when the cuttings for the experimental plot were taken. It will 

 then be possible to plant out direct without passing the cuttings 

 through the nursery stage. 



The delay entailed in carrying out the foregoing policy need 

 not be considered as a loss, for meantime the land to be planted 

 is yielding a rent for pasture, and there is plenty of other planting 

 to be done on the estate. 



