148 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Hardwood seed sown was as follows: 



Total Amount of Seed 



Species Sown in Bushels 



Ash, White - 21 



Basswood 8 



Butternut 120 



Cherry, Black 2 



Elm, White 10 



Maple, Hard 27 



Maple, Soft 20 



Oak, Red 43 



Walnut, Black 800 



Totals 1,051 



This year, for the first time, a light application of a solution of nitrate 

 of soda was made on the seed beds. The first applications were experimental, 

 but the results were so marked and the progress of the beds which had been 

 sprayed was so outstanding that all beds were eventually treated each second 

 week until the end of the first week in June. 



(d) Transplanting. 



As a result of the severe drought and extreme heat conditions which pre- 

 vailed throughout the growing season, certain of the thin barked species suffered 

 severely in the transplant lines. This was notably the case with the two spruces 

 and larch. During the heat of the day the surface soil temperature reached 

 such a height that the small trees were girdled by being seared at the ground 

 level. A distinct swelling with a very definite lesion of the bark was noticeable 

 in those specimens which were lost, the swelling and lesion occurring at ground 

 level. 



An experimental area of ten transplant beds was laid off in the white and 

 norway spruce transplants and mulch paper was laid between the rows of 

 transplants. The results were encouraging as a much better survival was 

 obtained, as well as better growth, where the mulch paper was used. This 

 survival varied from an average increase of 20 per cent, in the white spruce 

 to as high as 50 per cent, in the norway spruce, the latter species suffering much 

 more severely from the heat girdling. The extreme heat and drought was a 

 very definite factor in these results, however, and it is hoped to carry out 

 observations under more normal conditions next year. 



Spring transplanting of coniferous stock was .as follows: 



Number 



Species Transplanted 



Cedar, White 325,000 



Larch, Siberian 25,700 



Pine, Austrian 5,400 



Pine, Jack 657,000 



Pine, Red 385,000 



Pine, Scotch 335,000 



Pine, White 500,000 



Spruce, Norway. 480,000 



Spruce, White 525,000 



Total 3,238,100 



Spring transplanting of hardwood: 



Number 

 Species Transplanted 



Elm, White 20,000 



Maple, Hard 6,000 



Maple, Red 20,000 



Maple, Silver 20,000 



Walnut 22,000 



- Miscellaneous (Black Cherry, Basswood, etc.) '. 1,000 



Total 89,000 



