PLANTING. Ill 



they may be pricked out a second or even a third 

 time, after an interval, each time, of one, two or more 

 years. 



Plants may be pricked out at any time, provided it is 

 done carefully, rapidly, and when the soil is fairly 

 moist. In temperate Europe the best time for extensive 

 operations is early spring. Moist weather is desirable 

 during the operation, else the plants may have to be 

 watered. The lifting and protection of the plants during 

 transit have been dealt with above (pages 86 and 92). 



The distance between the Wrsery lines and between 

 the plants in the lines depends on the size of the plants, 

 their more or less rapid development, and the time which 

 they are to remain in the lines. Ordinary 2 -year-old 

 seedlings of Scotch Pine and Spruce, which are to 

 remain for two years in the lines, may be placed from 

 3 to 6 inches apart in the lines, with a distance of 

 8 to 12 inches between the lines. Larch plants must be 

 placed somewhat further apart, while for Oak the dis- 

 tances are still greater. 



Brown, in " The Forester," recommends the follow- 

 ing distances : 



One or two-year-old seedlings of Oak, Ash, Elm, 

 and Beech, 4 inches apart in the lines, the latter being 

 24 inches apart. 



One-year-old Larch seedlings = 16 x 2J inches. 



Two-year-old Larch seedlings = 18 x 3 ,, 



One or two-year-old Scotch 



Pine seedlings . . . = 14 x 2 ,, 



Messrs. Howden & Co., Inverness, generally line out 

 the Larch 1 year old and Scotch Pine 2 years old. 



