Canadian Forfestry Magazine, Aiigust-Septeniher. ig20. 



599 



THE CLEARFIELD NURSERY i ri:.i\ N 3 i L v « i\ i^ , 

 Produced over 9 million trees for S12.500. Note overhead (S' inner) watering system installed in 1915 



at a total cost of $1,306.19. 



Forest tree i^lanting- is no longer look- 

 ed upon as a mere pastime, but is now 

 regarded as a real business. But jrst 

 as is the case in all new lines of work, 

 so in the field of forest tree planting-, 

 there is yet much to be learned. Private 

 planters are looking to the Department 

 of Forestry to develop satisfactory an 1 

 economical planting methods, and make 

 the cJnclusions available to them. If 

 twenty years of forest tree planting has 

 revealed anything it has shown con- 

 clusively that while the practice may aiJ- 

 pear simple, yet it is beset with man} 



difficulties and numerous technical pro- 

 blems. It would not be possible to dis- 

 cuss all the important problems of the 

 last two decades in a short article, but a 

 few will be outlined and discussed 

 briefly. 



Location of Tree Xiirseries. 



]\Iany factors influence the location of 

 forest tree nurseries. Unfortunately 

 the factors which make themselves felt in 

 the later maintenance of a nursery may 

 not be evident at the time of the selec- 

 tion of the nurserv site. I am informed 



A devastated area in need of planting. This land once held a fine stock of timber, as shown by the 

 number of stumps indicated by the black spots in the photograph. 



