PLANTING. 95 



existing woods, or raised in temporary or permanent 

 nurseries. Although in the majority of cases plants 

 are purchased or produced in home nurseries, the 

 other method may in certain cases be admissible, hence 

 the subject will be divided as follows : 



1. Purchase of plants. 



2. Plants taken from existing woods. 



3. Raising plants in nurseries. 



1. Purchase^of Plants. 



In former times the necessary plants were as a general 

 rule grown at home, and this is still the case in many 

 countries. In Great Britain, and of late also in 

 Germany, a highly developed industry of raising plants 

 for sale exists, and in the former country by far the 

 majority of plants are now-a-days purchased from 

 nurserymen. This system is highly convenient, since 

 the planting operations are not interfered with by want 

 of the necessary planting material, while the prices of 

 plants need not be higher than what their cost would be if 

 grown at home. Railway communication, also, is now so 

 extended and rapid that most important species of forest 

 plants can. be sent to any part of the country without 

 serious risk to their health and vigour. The art of 

 raising strong hardy plants has been so fully developed 

 by nurserymen, that almost any description of plants is 

 procurable at reasonable rates. 



Under these circumstances the purchase of plants is 

 quite justified in Great Britain and in a few other 

 countries, provided the forester takes care that he receives 

 only good healthy plants of the description indicated on 



