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in Alarch, April or May, according to the species. But although 

 this is usually the mode of procedure with the larger seeds, 

 such as hawthorn, holly, ash and others, I prefer to sow 

 C. Nutkaensis in the spring after its collection, as I find that the 

 seeds then give a larger percentage of plants than they do if 

 stored and then sown in the second spring. C. Nutkaetisis is also 

 easily raised from slips or cuttings, which root readily if placed 

 in a well-drained sandy loam in early spring or in autumn. 



The amount of seed that can be collected from some of these 

 trees in a good seed year is surprising. From a C. Nutkaensis, 

 51 feet high, I gathered ih lb. of good clean seed; from an 

 A. nobilis, 90 feet in height, I took 7^- lbs. of cleaned seed ; and 

 from an Auricaria imhricata, 30 feet in height, I had 8 lbs. of 

 well-filled seeds. 



Many of the trees here mentioned I have raised in the open, 

 especially those produced from the larger seeds, but, of course, 

 to be sure of success with the lighter seeds, it is advisable to 

 raise them in frames, and to prick them out into the nursery 

 when they are one year old. 



7. Continental Notes— France. 



By A. G. Hobart-IIa.mi'Den. 



I. The following are a few notes based on matters discussed 

 in recent French forest magazines. 



The French, more than any other nation, look to natural 

 regeneration rather than artificial means for the replacement 

 of forest crops, and we accordingly find this subject much more 

 discussed by them than planting and sowing. After all prima 

 facie why should we not let nature do what she can, without 

 any expense, towards the formation of the future crop? This 

 leads to argument on the various classic methods of treatment, 

 or their modifications. Selection, for example, is much argued 

 about. M. Berthon calls in question the official manner of 

 marking under this mode of treatment, namely, the removal of 

 ripe or perishing trees here and there as they are met with. 

 He says that in a spruce wood this does not produce large 

 enough gaps to allow of a natural growth of seedlings, and that 

 if such a growth does result the development into the restricted 



