RAISING OR KEEPING UP THE FOPvEST 



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During cloudy weather and in the fall the screens should 

 be removed or used sparingly, to give the seedlings suffi- 

 cient light. During the winter the tiny little plantlets 

 of conifers may be protected with a cover of branches or 

 leaves, but generally they do well enough without cover. 



FIG. 30. Planting in Old Burned-over Slash Land in Adirondacks 



For the taller, broad-leaved seedlings a "hilling up" is 

 usually desirable, and where tender kinds, such as hickory 

 and chestnut, are to be raised in colder localities a cover 

 of brush and straw is desirable. 



Planting. The plants of such trees as the elm, catalpa, 

 and black locust, and most of our hardwoods may well 



