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they are planted out, leaving plants at about 4 feet apart 

 throughout the temporary nursery to form a crop. 

 Such a nursery has certain advantages as follows : 



1. The plants are trained on the soil and situation where 

 they are to be permanently planted. 



2. At the time of planting they have to be carried a short 

 distance only. 



3. The area of the nursery has not to be planted again, but 

 is already stocked with a crop. 



4. It is cheap, as fencing is unnecessary except against 

 rabbits. 



5. It saves the cost of a permanent nursery when but little 

 planting is done. 



This method has been tried in the Forest of Dean for some 

 years, but it has been found that, unless a large expenditure 

 is incurred in weeding, many plants are lost. Moreover, as the 

 soil is not well worked after planting, it is hard to dig up the 

 plants without doing great damage to the roots. In fact, the 

 disadvantages have been found to outweigh the advantages 

 and the system is now being given up in favour of permanent 

 nurseries. 



Permanent nurseries cost more to prepare, but they yield 

 much better plants and can be used for a great number of 

 years ; the saving on the cost of the plants as compared 

 with bought ones soon repays the cost of forming the 

 nursery. 



Preparation of a home nursery. 



Choice of site. The following points require considera- 

 tion : 



1. The nursery should be near the centre of the forest, so 

 that the plants can easily be carted to all parts. In extensive 

 forests there should be several nurseries. 



2. It should be near a woodman's lodge, so that it can 

 easily be looked after. 



3. It should be near water, which should, if possible, be 



