4 FEACH CtTLTURE. 



do very well. If guano is used, care should be taken to 

 reduce it to the proper strength, by mixing with it two 

 or three times its bulk of soil. 



This is the approved method of planting a nursery, 

 and for nurserymen, is, perhaps, the best of all others, as 

 it enables them to use every inch of ground, and examine 

 every seed. But to the planter who only aims to rear a 

 few thousand trees for his own use, we commend the 

 following. 



Prepare the ground in all respects as directed in the 

 last chapter, but in the /o$Ljstead of the spring. Then 

 plant your seed not in the seed-bed, but in the nursery 

 rows where you wish them to grow. The manner of 

 dropping and covering is the same in both cases. The 

 advantages of this method are the following : It is more 

 simple, there is no seed-bed, no sawdust or spading in ; 

 no cracking of seed in the spring, no covering with damp 

 cloths. It is cheaper. The labor of the seed-bed, crack- 

 ing, and transporting the seed to the field or nursery is 

 all saved. It is usually more convenient, because it is 

 done in the fall, and after other farm work, when the 

 ground is in better order, and labor cheaper and more 

 easily had. And lastly, it insures a more complete separa- 

 tion of the kernels from the shells, as the depth below 

 the surface is uniform, and the freezing process equal. 

 To planters and small nurserymen, we recommend the last 

 method whenever it is convenient. When not so, they 

 can make their seed-bed in the ordinary way. 



CHAPTER VI. 



NURSERY CULTIVATION. 



The cultivation of the nursery is both easy and simple, 

 and, if our directions for selecting and preparing the 

 ground have been followed, will be pleasant and gratify- 



