48 THE NEW FORESTRY. 



and nurses together, of about seventeen hundred to the acre, 

 of which number some fourteen hundred are nurses to be 

 removed before they can be of a remunerative size. The worst 

 feature of the business, however, is that all the four species 

 to be nursed are as hardy or hardier than their nurses, the 

 sycamore and beech particularly ; the whole of the four 

 species probably smothering their nurses early in the struggle. 

 This diagram of Brown's has been reproduced in many of 

 the forest tree catalogues of the principal nurserymen in Great 

 Britain, who supply trees and often conduct planting opera- 

 tions. The following is an example in which the spaces 

 between the trees are even wider than they are in Brown's, and 

 all the " L's " and " F's " represent nurses to be early removed, 

 leaving a permanent crop of one hundred and eight trees to 

 the acre! We do not blame nurserymen for following the 

 lead of professed experts in such matters, but surely a little 

 reflection might show the utter absurdity of a table like the 

 following: 



PLANTER'S DIAGRAM, 



SHOWING SYSTEM OF PLANTING TREES FOR A MIXED 

 HARD-WOOD PLANTATION. 



(q$) F (A) F Co) F A F o F 



LLLLLLLLLL 

 FFFFFFFFFF 



LLLLLLLLLL 

 S F fE) F S" F E F S F 



L L W L L L L L L L L 

 FFFFFFFFFF 



LLLLLLLLLL 

 (O) F (A) F (Q) F A F O F 



O. Oak, planted at 20 feet apart 

 A. Ash, 20 



E. Elm, 20 



S. Sycamore, planted at 20 feet apart. 



L. Larch, as nurses, and for early thinning. 



F. Scotch Fir, Spruce, or Austrian Pine, as 



Nurses, etc. 

 O. A. E. S. Any of these or any other hard- 



wooded trees to remain permanently. 

 (From a Nurseryman s Catalogue.) 



