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about 4 inches apart, in lines 14 inches apart, and Larch 

 4 inches in Hnes 12 inches apart. 



Spruce and Silver Fir, being slower growing, should, if 

 transplanted at two years, be given the same growing 

 space as Larch if they are to be left for three years in the 

 lines. 



There is no special preparation needed for the beds to 

 be occupied for one-year seedlings, but a path 12 inches 

 to 15 inches wide must be left about every 4 feet or between 

 every ten or sixteen lines, so that weeding is made more 

 easy. 



The beds should be thoroughly dug over, all clods being 

 broken up and the surface smoothed down either with a 

 rake or the back of a spade. A garden line is stretched 

 along the bed at the required distance from the edge, and 

 the plants dibbled in with an iron-shod dibbler. They 

 are firmed in by inserting the dibbler about 2 inches away, 

 and the soil pushed towards the plants and the second 

 hole filled up. The plants should not be firmed with the 

 foot, but if the soil is very loose in texture they may be 

 firmed by a slight pressure of the fingers. Care should 

 be given to the depth at which the plants are inserted, 

 otherwise, if planted deeper than they stood in the seed- 

 beds, they are Hable to choke and will decay just below 

 the soil. 



Seedlings of this age may also be treated in the same 

 way as described below for larger plants, but owing to 

 their small size they are more difficult to deal with. 



The method employed for lining out two-year seedhngs 

 or larger transplants is as follows: 



