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FOEESTRY WORK 



The Shape of the Nursery. 



A rectangular piece of ground, especially a square, 

 requires less fencing and is more easily divided into beds 

 than an irregularly shaped area. 



If it is to be oblong in shape, the long sides should run 

 horizontally along the face of the slope. 



Division of the Nursery into Beds. 



A square nursery of 4 acres may be divided thus: 



Fig. 1. — Plan of 4-Acre Square NuFwSEry. 

 Boda, 21 feet wide ; dividing paths, 4 feet wide ; cart-road, 12 feet wide. 



