204 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
they are more uniform. After being sown, the seed is lightly 
covered, and the operation is completed by rolling the bed. 
Before being sown, the seeds receive a coating of red lead— 
1 lb. red lead to 10 Ibs. seed—sufficient water being added to 
moisten the seed. 
Transplanting.—The cultivation of the soil, and the size of 
the beds for the young transplants, is the same as has been 
already described for the reception of the seed. The method of 
transferring seedlings to the nursery lines in the Eberswalde 
nursery ensures the greatest success, if this is to be attained 
by careful planting. A worker places a board 4 feet long by 
6 inches broad across the bed, and gives it a stamp in order 
to even and consolidate the surface. The soil is now dug 
away, about a spade deep, from the front of the plank. This 
plank is now replaced by another 7 inches broad instead of 
6, the extra inch in breadth being notched for the reception 
of the plants. The distance between the notches is 6 inches, 
therefore the distance between the plants when planted is 6 inches 
by 6inches. The plants are kept in boxes, and the worker places 
a plant in each notch. The worker sees that the roots are 
hanging naturally, and he then gently fills in the soil round 
about them. When properly covered, more earth is added, and 
well tramped round the roots. Soil is now thrown forward to 
level up the trench, and operations begin again for another row. 
When a bed is completed it looks exceedingly well, and the 
plants as a rule all thrive. All yearling coniferous seedlings, 
and also some broad-leaved species, are transplanted in this 
way. The work of transplanting is no sooner finished than 
weeding has to be commenced. The weeds consist mostly of 
chickweed and sow-thistles, and they grow quickly in the friable 
sandy loam. Once, during the summer, the young plants get a 
quantity of artificial manure in the form of sulphate of ammonia, 
(NH,,).SO,, dissolved in water, the quantity being 20 grammes 
to to litres of water. 
REPLANTING OF THE FELLED AREAS. 
Transportation of the Plants from the Nursery.—The Scots 
pine seedlings are usually taken from the nursery for the re- 
generation of the felled areas at 1 year old. Very great care 
is taken in the handling of the young plants, in order to avoid 
