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THE NEW FORESTRY. 



Figure 5 is a portrait of a tree such as 

 Figure I becomes after it has reached the 

 age of about five years and been several 

 times transplanted in the right way. Had 

 the tree never been transplanted, the roots 

 in Figure 5 would probably have extended 

 to a greater length than the top, but fre- 

 quent transplanting has kept them short. 

 Unlike Figure 2, however, the roots have 

 grown in a natural position, and in pit plant- 

 ing can be easily inserted in the hole in the 

 right way. 



SECTION XL FINAL TRANSPLANTING TO 

 THE WOODS. SETTING OUT THE LINES. 



The first work consists in clearing the 

 ground of all rubbish and surface vegetation 

 by cutting or burning. That done, the 

 lines should be set out not more than three 

 feet apart in favourable situations, while 

 two feet is not too close at high and cold 

 elevations. There is no objection to thick 

 planting, except the cost of the plants, and Fig 5< 



the advantages of getting the trees to Transplanted Tree. 

 meet and cover the ground quickly is Right Root Form. 

 unquestionable. The greater warmth and 

 shelter afforded, when this stage is reached, is exhibited 

 in the quicker growth and general well-being of the trees. 

 It is understood, of course, that the distance between the 

 plants in the rows ;is the same as the distance between the 

 rows. The lines should be set out broadside to prevailing 

 and cold winds for the sake of shelter, and not end-on to 

 the wind, and so admitting cold currents between the rows. 

 Some object to straight rows because of their formality, but 

 the formality disappears when the trees meet, particularly 

 in mixed woods, and there is hardly any other method of 

 planting that does not resolve itself into lines in some shape 

 or other. The straight line system is almost universal, 

 both at home and abroad, and is most easily executed. 

 In planting, the trees should alternate with each other in the 

 opposite row, and in mixed plantations the different species 

 should follow each other in regular order in each row. The 

 subject of mixtures and nurses is dealt with in other chapters. 



