( IIAI'I Ik V 

 Tin PLANTING OF si kill I REES 



im n.'ii IN mi WOODS 



AFTER Hir planting plan li complete the trees must lie 

 1 1 1 1 ted in the nursi rj 1 1 In the woods you ill pi ill .1 trei 



eedling out ol the gro I you will see thai the downward 



oi tap root ia almost aa long as the stem. 11 l< 11 to grow, 

 the rool ti m oi such ;i seedling would become as largi a 

 the top, 11 you wished to transplant it aftei a few yeai 

 growth, 1 1 would be difficult to take up ail the roots j and ii 

 1 1 1. 11 1 \ oi them were left behind, the tree would have a pooi 

 chanci to live aftei transplanting. There Is always a bal 

 .urn' between the roots and the top oi a tree The cutting 

 awaj "i the roots will tend to retard the growth oi the crown 

 Because oi the risk attending the auccessful transplanting 

 oi trees from the woods, 11 Is the practise In the planting ol 

 had( treei to gi 1 .ill the ipi 1 imens fi .1 nursei 5 



1 111 1 REE in 1 HE NUR8ER\ 



Developing oi n>' Roota In the nurserj the ii<<' is 

 trained to withstand the hardship oi being transplanted to 

 its final l km nc. Seedlings .1 few feet high are dug up, the 

 tap-roots .im removed to within .1 few Inches oi iii<- Btem 

 .Hid ',ci out 111 niii\ci\ rows, iiif rowa being about five feet 

 apart Theseedlinga n<> longer send downward roots, I >i 1 1 

 develops lateral i"<>i system; just as when the leader ol .1 



