CONTENTS. 



PACK 



The Need of Planting, 7 



Where Planting is Proper, 7 



Shade Trees not Considered, 7 



No Quick Riches, 8 



Climate and Soils, 8 



What to Plant, 8 



Pure or Mixed Forest ? . . . 8 



Evergreens or Deciduous Trees ? 9 



Quick Growers, 9 



Nut Trees, 9 



Choice of Species, 10 



Specific Descriptions, 10-13 



Trees not Recommended, t 13 



How to Establish a Forest, 15 



Sowing Seed, 15 



Best to Plant Small Trees, 15 



Preparing the Ground, 15 



Size of Trees, 15 



How to Order Trees, 15 



How to Handle Trees Before They Are Planted, 15 



Heeling-in, 16 



Spacing, 17 



Planting (Outplanting) 18 



Puddling, 18 



Clefts, 18 



Crew, 18 



Lining out, 18 



Planting, 19 



Intervals, 20 



Speed in Planting, 20 



Subsequent Care, 20 



Cutting Back, 20 



Time to Plant, 21 



A Forest Nursery, . . . . 21 



Location, Soil, 21 



The Kind of Plants to Buy, 21 



Planting (Transplanting) 21 



Cultivation, 22 



The Second Year, 22 



Purpose of a Nursery, 23 



The Cost of a Plantation, 23 



Where to Get Material for Forest Planting, 24 



The Profit in Planted Forests, 26-28 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Fig. i. The Kind of Land that Should Be Restored to Forest, 7 



Fig. 2. Trees for Forest Planting, 9 



Fig. 3. A Forest Nursery, 9 



Fig. 4. Diagram, Heeling-in, 16 



Fig. 5. Diagram, Square Planting, 17 



Fig. 6. Diagram, Triangular Planting, 17 



Fig. 7. Diagram, Cleft Planting -. 18 



Fig. 8. Diagram, Area to be Planted, 19 



Fig. 9. Diagram, Furrow Planting, and Slit Planting, 22 



Fig. 10. Eight Examples of Planted Forests, 23 



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