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the demand was imported from Europe or grown in domestic 

 nurseries where the principal business was the growing of trees 

 for horticultural and decorative uses. The cost of planting stock 

 has been inordinately high and the price has fluctuated from year 

 to year. The rapid development of commercial forest nurseries 

 in the United States in recent years has resulted in reduced prices 

 and the planter has greater assurance that the stock will meet his 

 requirements. 



A standardization of prices for the different kinds and classes 

 of forest stock has not as yet been attained in the United States, 

 and one dealer is likely to charge two or three times as much as an- 

 other. The planter in placing his order should see that it is given 

 to a responsible dealer. He should deal direct with the nursery and 

 familiarize himself with the current quotations for standard kinds 

 and classes of stock. The purchaser of stock should insist that it 

 be properly inspected for insect and fungous diseases before leav- 

 ing the nursery and that the shipment be accompanied by a cer- 

 tificate showing such inspection. The stock should be carefully 

 examined on its receipt and all plants rejected that fail to meet 

 the specifications under which they were purchased. 



It is particularly important that the order be placed early, if 

 possible, several months before the stock is wanted for planting. 

 When the order is placed late in the spring or only a few days be- 

 fore the stock is wanted, the particular species or class may be 

 sold out or only inferior stock remain unsold. The rush of orders 

 may also delay shipment until too late for successful planting. 



2. TEMPORARY NURSERIES 



Temporary nurseries are usually small and are increased or de- 

 creased in number with the demand for planting material. As a 

 rule, a single nursery that supplies all the stock for planting in a 

 given forest district is better than several small ones that are 

 shifted about from place to place as circumstances require. The 

 single nursery is more easily supervised, better cared for, and 

 usually better located. The stock can be grown at a lower cost 

 because a single large nursery with .a given yearly output costs 

 less to manage and maintain than several shifting ones of equal 

 production. Temporary nurseries do not yield as good plants 

 and the required output cannot be as effectively maintained. 



