230 FOEESTRY WORK 



Oak, Beech, Sycamore, and Chestnut seeds may be sown. 

 Woodland drives and nursery roads should be repaired 

 after the heavy trafific is finished for the season. 



Continue pruning and plashing of hedges. 



April. 



Continue lining out transplants. Make seedbeds and 

 sow seeds of conifers towards end of month in localities 

 where late frosts are not prevalent. Sow manuring crops. 

 Start " pointing " in nursery, edge up paths and generally 

 tidy up the nursery. 



Finish hedging. In southern districts bark peeling 

 may be started. 



May. 



Sow seeds in frosty localities early in month. 

 Bark peeling and harvesting. 



Hoe nursery lines as soon as annual weeds appear or in 

 very dry weather, when seed beds should be mulched. 



June.^ 



Clean ditches, repair fences, switch bracken in planta- 

 tions while it is still succulent. Weeding and thinning 

 left from winter may be done at convenient times during 

 the summer months. Hoeing, handweeding, mulching 

 and watering must be attended to in nursery. 



Towards end of month collect Elm seed and sow at 

 once. 



