Plant hit/ in &cJ~B(.'il* ti/i'f Nurseries. 43 



trees will stiller less from the change, and be in better condition to 

 take a vigorous start. 



!<;.'!. Trees from nurseries should liave their roots exposed as lit- 

 tle as possi I >lc to the air, and they should be planted inline. liately 

 alter they arc unpacked. It sometimes happens that lots intended 

 for different persons are sent in one box, t > one address. If the own- 

 ers are not pn-.-ent to receive them, they may lie hours or days in 

 the dry air, and when planted the chances are that none will be 

 found alive. A little common sense and thoughtful can- would 

 ]( vent this disappointment. If the trees ran not beat once planted, 

 they should be at least " heeled in." bv euverinL: the roots with soil, 

 and dampening it a little if dry. They may be sometime-; thus 

 kept through the winter. i:i cases wheiv in. in overflow or inirey soil 

 they can .-iot In- taken upiroin the soil where they have been >tartcd, 

 in time for early planting. 



Ki4. The au'e at which trees should be set for permanence depends 

 upon soil, exposure, and other circumstances that render it diliicult 

 to fix a general rule. For ordinary planting, however, one year in 

 the seed-lied and two years in nursery rows, may be stated as the 

 general rule. Pmt forexpo-ed hilUide-, they do better oftentimes 

 when the seedlings one year in the beds, and one year in the rows, 

 or two years in the beds and one in the r>ws. are taken. 



1<">. In the oak, it has been recommended t .> cut oil' the tap-roots 

 with a sharp spade, when the plants are VUIIIIL', and before taking 

 them from the seed-bed. They are allowed to stand the fir>t win- 

 ter, and when re-set the next spring, in nursery rows, the lateral 

 roots appear abundantly. In lime another tap-root will form, which 

 is a-ain cut off before final planting. 



Kill. Another plan recommended by Duhamel consists in paving 

 the seed-bed with flat stones, alonir the line of the rows, and at a 

 proper depth below the surface, BO as to -top the descent of the tap- 

 roots, and compel the formation of laterals. 



ir.7. More recently a method has been proposed iu France, for 

 securing a dense -rrowth of lateral roots in the seedling oaks, that has 

 been f mud <juite successful. 1 The acorns are thickly spread over a 



1 M. H. Levret, in a publication by the French Forest Administration, 

 issued in 1878. 



The same author suggests another method, whic'i consists .in pinching off 

 the plumule within five or six days after it appears, by which the first im- 



