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dry east winds during March and April, and in these 

 places it is wise to get transplanting done in February or 

 the early part of March, when the weather is favourable, 

 so that they may get the benefit of the early spring rains ; 

 otherwise a large percentage may be killed by the cold, 

 dry winds. Where these are not prevalent, transplanting 

 should be left until the latter end of March or the begin- 

 ning of April, so that as little time as possible elapses 

 between their transference from the seed-beds and the 

 time when growth begins. This is particularly the case 

 with seedlings of Corsican Pine and Maritime Pine, and 

 in a lesser degree with Douglas Fir. 



Hardwood plants are not so difficult to deal with, and 

 may be transplanted at any time in good weather during 

 the late autumn or winter months. 



Lining out Seedlings and Larger Transplants. 



As mentioned above, 2-year seedlings are often usecf 

 direct from the seed-beds for planting up very clean land, 

 but where rougher ground is to be planted larger plants 

 are needed. 



To allow them to grow larger, they must be given mor-^ 

 space, and to do this they are transplanted into the nursery 

 lines. Transplanting not only allows them to grow, but 

 also encourages the growth of fibrous roots or root hairs, 

 which are the organs through which plants absorb their 

 nutriment from the soil. 



Plants plentifully supplied with root hairs will stand 

 transplanting in the poorer soils of the woodlands better 

 than those with few. Seedlings of some species — Spruce, 



