98 FOREST PLANTING. 



or soil taken from the vicinity, and the tree, if of larger 

 size, is fastened to the ground for some time by wires run- 

 ning from the trunk of the tree to pegs in the ground. By 

 this method we are able to plant trees in places where the 

 impossibility of obtaining drainage would entirely prevent 

 planting in the usual way. Trees with taproots, of course, 

 cannot be used for such plantations, as the condition of 

 the underlying soil does not favor the roots penetrating 

 deeply into the ground. 



The transplanting of seedlings or saplings from the 

 woods, if this be carefully done, should meet with the 

 same success as if they were removed from the nursery. 

 Usually, however, the loss in transplanting saplings 

 grown naturally in the woods, is much greater than 

 with nursery-grown seedlings, because the forest planter 

 seldom gives to the young trees all the opportunities for 

 their growth which are afforded to them by the soil and 

 the surroundings in their habitat. To transplant spon- 

 taneously grown seedlings of the shade-enduring kind 

 (Beeches, Spruces, Hornbeams), is much more difficult 

 than to transplant seedlings of the light-needing kinds 

 (Pines, Oaks). With the latter it does not make much 

 difference whether they are grown in the woods or in the 

 nursery, whereas the former will only succeed if the con- 

 ditions of their habitats are fully provided for. But if 

 this is possible, and the removal is done carefully, there 

 is no doubt that a dense spontaneous growth of saplings 

 in one part of a forest can be very serviceable in restock- 

 ing other denuded parts of the forest. However, in order 

 to be certain of success in this matter, saplings taken 

 from the thick woods should first be transplanted into 

 nursery lines, to give them an opportunity to get accli- 

 matized and to obtain, by the help of air and light, a 

 greater development of the branches and twigs, which in 

 the thick woods usually are suppressed at the expense of 

 the formation of the trunk. 



