FIRST STEPS TOWARDS AFFORESTATION 15 



Frosty situations should be strictly avoided. 



A nursery that is open to air-currents will suffer less 

 from frost than one too much enclosed. 



As water is so necessary, the site must not be too far 

 from a supply. It is better to lay the water on from a 

 local reservoir than to make the nm'sery near a stream, 

 where frosts are liable to be severe. The nursery should 

 be as nearly as possible in the centre of the area on which 

 planting operations are to be carried out. 



Size of Nursery. 



This depends on the area to be planted each year and 

 the size of the plants to be used. 



If 2-year 2-year plants of Scots Pine are to be used 

 {i.e., plants that have stood 2 years in the seed-bed and 

 2 years in the nursery lines), enough ground will be 

 required to hold plants for 3 years, in addition to the 

 ground to be occupied by seed-beds. 



At the end of the planting season the ground for the 

 transplants will be divided thus : 



One-third bare ground, from which 2-year 2-year plants 

 have been lifted, and which is to be green-cropped. 



One- third stocked with 2-year 1-year transplants. 



One-third stocked with 2-year seedlings. 



Taking a square acre to represent each third part of 

 the area as an example, the number of plants that can 

 be transplanted thereon can be arrived at in this way : 



The acre is divided into 3 beds by paths 4 feet wide, 

 with another path at the top and a cart-road 4 yards 

 wide at the bottom. 



