THE FORMATION OF FORESTS jo) 
poplar, which is of value for paper pulp, may be 
easily propagated from cuttings. 
Before planting, we must first assure ourselves of 
good plant material. Little plants may be secured 
in several ways. We may grow them ourselves in 
nurseries from the seed, we may transplant them 
from the woods, or we may buy them of nurserymen. 
At first thought many would say that the second sug- 
gestion is the best—that little plants could be col- 
lected from the woods in places where they are too 
thick by the millions, that they would never be 
missed, and that those which remain would be bene- 
fited by the increase in room. This is, in fact, such a 
poor way that it is rarely if ever practised, because 
it seldom yields good results. Trees from the woods 
are used to woods conditions, such as shade and leaf- 
mold, and when removed, unless heavily pruned, 
sicken and die. They are also of unequal quality 
and age. 
The third method is often practised in places 
where there are good nurseries, and where the kind 
of trees needed may be had in large quantity, good 
quality, and cheap; but in spite of the fact that they 
may be skilfully packed, they suffer more or less 
during transportation. The New York State College 
of Forestry has imported a large quantity of little 
plants from Germany. They were carefully packed 
