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(j) Nursery Slock in Other Stages of Development: 



Conifers Hardwoods 



2 vear olds 4,800,000 Soft Maple 30,000 



1 year olds 10,800,000 American Elm 30,000 



Walnut 40,000 



Total 15,600,000 Hard Maple 30,000 



White Ash 5,000 



Total 135,000 



(2) Improvements 



Numerous hedges were laid out in the fall and spring. These hedges were 

 mainly compartment boundaries. About a mile of our network of roads were 

 resurfaced with gravel. 



The park was greatly improved and a lily pond and rock garden were 

 constructed. A cairn was erected as a memorial to the Vespra boys who fell in 

 the Great War. 



The park was also enlarged and an athletic field started. 



The reservoirs were again stocked with 5,000 trout fingerlings. 



The shipping shed was enlarged in order to facilitate the handling of trees 

 for distribution in the spring. 



Costly permanent improvements were not undertaken this year owing to 

 economic conditions. 



(3) Permanent Planting 



The permanent planting programme at the nursery was limited this year 

 as the land so far acquired is nearly all planted. The following trees were 

 planted : 



White Spruce 23,500 



Norway Spruce 20,000 



Red Pine 21,750 



Scotch Pine 8,000 



White Pine 1,500 



European Larch 200 



Mixed Hardwoods 3,000 



Willow and Poplar Cuttings 5,000 



Total 82,950 



j(4) Protection 

 (a) Insects: 



During July the white pine plantations were patrolled for weevil and the 

 infected leaders destroyed. 



The Leconte's pine needle sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei) was less prevalent 

 this season. 



This season we were bothered with the Nantucket pine shoot moth. This 

 moth worked mostly in white pine. The larvae hollow out the pith of the 

 leaders and the damage is not noticeable until late July or August. It affects 

 the side leaders as well as the main leader. It infected about twenty-five per 

 cent, of the white pine planted in pure stands. Its work was not noticed in 

 plantations of white pine mixed with poplar. Control is difficult because by 

 the time the damage is noticeable the larvae in the majority of cases have emerged. 

 We are anxious to see if this pest is with us again next year or whether it works 

 periodically. 



