112 A MANUAL OF FORESTRY. 



They place them 3 inches apart in the lines, with 9 

 inches between every two lines. 



The pricking out can be done in a variety of ways 

 according to the description of plants. The more usual 

 methods are, either to make a separate hole for each 

 plant with a planting peg, a small hoe, or a garden trowel, 

 or to open shallow trenches, into which .the plants are 

 placed at the proper distance apart. In either case the 

 roots should be placed into a natural position, and the soil 

 well pressed around them. 



Fig. 49. 



British nurserymen, in raising plants for sylvicultural 

 purposes, proceed in the following manner : 



The soil, after having been brought into a suitable 

 condition, is thoroughly smoothed along the whole length 

 of the compartment, then a planting line is placed on it, 

 parallel to one side of the compartment ; then the ground 

 is cut away with a spade along the line, so that a shallow 

 trench is formed with one side almost perpendicular (Fig. 

 49, ). Against this side 'the plants are placed at the 

 proper distance apart, some earth pressed around them, 

 then the trench completely filled up, the earth pressed 

 down once more with the foot, and the whole smoothed 

 over (Fig. 49, Z). Then the planting line is moved on 

 to the following row and the operation repeated. The 

 method works very expeditiously, and it is an excellent 



