PRINCIPAL WORK FOR EACH MONTH 229 

 The following notes may serve as a general guide: 



January. 



Planting should be continued from December in open 

 weather. 



Felling and thinning can be done in hard weather. 

 Cones of conifers should be collected from good trees as 

 they are felled. 



Ground in the nursery from which plants have been 

 lifted should be dug roughly and manured for green crop. 



Any pipe draining that is necessary should be done 

 during the winter months when the wettest spots are 

 most discernible. 



February. 



Planting may be continued, also felling and thinning. 



Digging or ploughing in nursery. 



Plant thorn hedges, also prune or plash existing ones ; 

 watch recently planted areas, and tread up plants that 

 have been loosened by frost and thaw or wind. 



The seed of Thorn and Holly, collected and stored 

 sixteen months previously, should be ready to sow at end 

 of month or early in March. 



March. 



Planting should be finished, except for Douglas Fir, 

 Maritime Pine, and Corsican Pine, which may be planted 

 towards the end of the month. 



Transplanting in nursery should be done when the 

 weather is fine and the soil suitable. 



