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PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. 



and whittling by thoughtless boys. A good temporary 

 cover is afforded by wrapping the trunk with gunny 

 sacking or similar material, but a more desirable protec- 

 tion is afforded by a slatted wooden frame or box for 

 each tree. 



The Packing of Nursery Stock is a matter that calls 

 for much experience to adapt it to the various kinds of 

 nursery stock shipped and to the method of transporta- 

 tion. 



Practically all the nursery stock that is used in forest- 

 planting in this country is best shipped when dormant. 



FIG. 42. Cross-section of a box packed with two-year-old Green 

 Ash, Box-elder, and Birch in bundles of 100 each. 



It will generally be found that the box is the safest pack- 

 age to use in the handling of it, but sometimes it may 

 be convenient to ship in bales. Small packages may be 

 sent in bundles or in boxes by mail, and for this purpose 

 they can best be packed in clean sphagnum moss, wrapped 

 with oil-paper and afterward with brown paper. Pack- 

 ages that are to go by express do not require as careful 

 packing as those that are to go by freight, as they are 

 not so liable to be neglected. In shipping by freight it 



