Xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XII 

 THE FOREST NURSERY 



ARTICLE PAGE 



1 . General Considerations 230 



2. Temporary Nurseries 231 



3. Permanent Nurseries 232 



4. Factors which Determine Success in the Production of Nursery 233 



Stock 



5. Administration and Supervision 233 



6. The Execution of Nursery Operations in Reference to Order and 



Time 234 



7. The Selection of the Nursery Site 236 



8. Soil Considerations 236 



9. Slope, Aspect and Surroundings 237 



10. Development of the Nursery Site 238 



11. The Ground Plan 238 



12. The Area 240 



13. Nursery Buildings 241 



14. Hedges and Fences 241 



15. Soil Management 244 



16 Drainage and Irrigation 245 



17. Distribution of Water 246 



18. Sprinkling 246 



19. Flooding 248 



20. Percolation from Furrows 248 



21. Sub-irrigation 249 



22. The Amount of Water Required 249 



23. The Fertility of Nursery Soil: Manuring 250 



24. Classification of Fertilizers used in Nursery Practice .... 251 



25. The Useand Application of Fertilizers of Vegetable Origin 252 

 26. Soiling Plants in Nursery Practice 253 



27. The Use and Application of Fertilizers of Animal Origin . 255 



28. Farm Manures 255 



29. The Use and Application of Fertilizers of Mineral Origin . 256 



30. The Quantity of Fertilizer Required 258 



CHAPTER XIII 

 THE FOREST NURSERY (Continued) 



1. Cultural Operations: Technique and Methods 262 



2. Seedbeds 262 



3. Rolling the Seedbeds 264 



4. Curbing the Seedbeds 265 



5. Time of Seeding 265 



6. Methods of Seeding 267 



