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Canadian Fortcstry Magazine, .lugiist-Sepfcinber, i(j20. 



What may be expected of Norway Spruce on favorable sites. This stand was not planted but repro- 

 duced naturally. 



that some of the Canadian provinces an 1 

 nnmerous pulp companies are estabHsh- 

 ing or contem]:)latino- the estabHshment 

 of nurseries, and it may, therefore, be of 

 value to brief the Pennsylvania experi- 

 ence along this line of reforestation. 



A sandy loam soil meets most require- 

 ments for nursery stock production, bu' 

 one should not be too insistent upon this 

 factor, for much has already been ac- 

 complished in the way of soil modifica- 

 tion. The hard clay soil in the Mont 

 Alto nursery, located in Southern 

 Pennsylvania, has been so amended by 

 the use of charcoal braise that what was 

 formerly regarded as an impossible soil 

 for the raising of coniferous seedlings 

 is now producing choice planting stock 

 at a reasonable cost. This, however, 

 does not imply that any kind of soil may 

 be selected, but that soil conditions may 

 have to give way in part to other fac- 

 tors. A level site is satisfactory in case 

 of light sandy soil, but a gentle slope is 



A plantation of Jack Pine. 



