THE FOREST NURSERY. 



Forestry work does not consist entirely of raising trees from s< >ed 

 and of planting them, although that is a very important part of it. 

 Nor is all planting of trees forestry work. Forestry is a business and 

 must be conducted on a financial basis. Planting individual trees 

 is done mostly from an aesthetic standpoint and at a comparatively 

 high expense. Planting for forestry purposes, under existing con- 

 ditions, must be reduced to the least possible cost, but it must be 

 understood that more may be lost in this operation from lack of 

 care and attention to the young plants than by trying to save time 

 and money along some other line of work. The methods of raising 

 trees are as varied and as numerous as the trees themselves, the 

 people who plant them and the localities in which they are planted. 

 In other words, the conditions under which each planter has to work 

 are so different that there can be no exact method laid down that will 

 be applicable for all trees and all places. But there are certain laws 

 of plant life in general, and facts in regard to particular trees that, 

 being reinforced -by observation of nature and by common sense, will 

 undoubtedly lead to a measurable degree of success. For what fol- 

 lows there is no claim of originality. It is merely a sifted collection 

 of notes taken from the most reliable sources at hand and from 

 the observation of successful nursery work. 



Nursery. 



Location. If many plants are to be raised and the planting is to 

 extend over a number of years, a permanent nursery must be pre- 

 pared. Its proximity to the house of the person in charge will afford 

 the advantage of easy and quick accessibility. Time can be saved 

 in going to and from it. A frequent inspection of its condition and 

 requirements is more likely to occur, and work may be done at odd 

 times. On the other hand, if the planting is to be done within one 

 or two years the nursery might best be placed near the prospective 

 plantation in order to save time in removing the young plants, and 

 to decrease the danger of loss resulting from exposure of the roots to 

 sun and wind. Less preparation is needed, perhaps, in this case, and 

 less care, in some respects, but in either case the following hints are 

 applicable. 



