RAISING OK KEEl'ING UP THE EOKEST 



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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 witli a cover of branches or 

 leaves, but generally they do well enough without cover. 



Fk;. 30. Plant iiiL!- in Old liin-ued-osiM- 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. 



Plant inrj. — The |)lants of such trees as the elm, catalpa, 

 and black locust, and most of our liardwoods may well 



