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after transplanting, and do not, as a rule, yield 

 good results. 



3. Raising Plants in Nurseries. 



Where plantings are conducted regularly on a large 

 scale, plants may be raised in nurseries ; and even if the 

 plants are purchased from nurserymen, it is desirable 

 to have an auxiliary nursery at home ; hence it is neces- 

 sary to describe here, in outline, the establishment and 

 management of nurseries. 



Nurseries may be temporary or permanent ; the former 

 are used for a few years only, generally to yield the 

 material for the planting of a particular locality, when 

 they are abandoned and a new nursery laid out elsewhere; 

 permanent nurseries are used for a long series of years. 

 Each has its advantages and disadvantages. In the 

 case of temporary or shifting nurseries the cost of 

 transport and the risk of damaging the plants during 

 transit are smaller; on the other hand the cost of 

 laying out is greater, as it recurs every two or three 

 years, and they do not as a rule yield equally good plants. 

 Temporary nurseries can be established in localities of 

 the same description as those where the planting has to 

 be done; hence they may be desirable where distinct 

 zones of vegetation occur, especially in mountainous 

 districts, also where the plants are to be put out with 

 balls. 



Permanent nurseries require to be manured from time 

 to time, but they yield better plants ; they are prefer- 

 able in the majority of cases, especially in more level 

 districts ; where large numbers of plants are required year 



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