AMERICAN SYLVICULTURE 



Paragraph XXII. Transportation of seedlings. 



If the roots are thoroughly protected, a voyage from Europe lo 

 Biltmore, though it may take six weeks, will not injure the plants. 

 Plants are loosely put together in bunches of one hundred to two 

 hundred, are placed in baskets or open crates, the roots in the 

 center, the tips at the circumference. Layers df plants alternate 

 with layers of damp moss. Seedlings packed tightly, especially in 

 boxes, are apt to mould. 



Plants merely taken to a nearby plantation on Avagons should 

 be weir covered with branches, moss or sacks, and should be 

 sprinkled during transportation. Ball plants do not need packing 

 unless balls are A-ery loose, when burlaps are necessary. One hun- 

 dred Yellow Pine ball plants, with balls ten inches square, make 

 up a tAvo-horse load. Fifty thousand seedlings Avithout balls and 

 Avell AA-atered, or eighty thousand seedlings slightly dampened, 

 usually make a Avagon load. 



Under adverse climatic conditions, the use of plants planted in 

 minute paper bags — like those used in raising Eucalypts — is highly 

 advisable. 



Experiments made at Biltmore Avith one-year White Pine seed- 

 lings are to the effect that seedlings having the roots exposed to 

 air and Avind 



for 10 minutes, had a death rate of 5% 

 for 20 minutes, had a death rate of 10% 

 for 30 minutes, had a death rate of 70% 

 for 45 minutes, had a death rate of 90% 

 for 60 minutes, had a death rate of 100% 



The experiments proAe that the utmost care is necessary, under 

 adA-erse conditions, to preserve the vitality of the roots during the 

 act of transportation. 



Paragraph XXIII. Common methods of plant- 

 ing seedlings. 



A. Planting in furrows. 



The furrows should be made deeply Avith a sub soil ploAV. The 

 plants are distributed, at proper distances in the furrows. Then 

 another furroAV is at once given Avith a turning ploAV, throAving the 

 needed dirt over the plants, Avhich are thereafter adjusted by hand 

 and pressed into proper position. 



This is a quick method of planting, but is practical only on 

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