140 FOREST PROTECTION 



It is obvious that small plants are pulled out of a loose soil readily by 

 the wind — notably so in the case of evergreens; and that large 

 transplants suffer badly from the shock of outplanting and from 

 the inadequacy of the water supply available on sterile sand. 



Wheresoever the soil is apt to become shifting, the law should prohibit 

 the removal of the trees by their owners. 



The influence in that direction exercised by a commonwealth is dealt 

 with in the lectures on "Forest Policy." 



