No. 4.] REPORT OF STA TK FORKSTER. 299 



Forest Nursery. 



The State forest nursery at Amherst on the farm of the 

 Agricultural College was somewhat enlarged last spring, and, 

 although it has been a very dry season and we had no facili- 

 ties for watering the beds,, they have come through in good 

 shape. We have a stand of white pine, one-year-old seed- 

 lings, that is estimated will give over a million trees for 

 future use. Smaller stands of other species of evergreens 

 and deciduous trees are also growing here. This work is 

 self-supporting, and in no instance have trees or seeds been 

 given away. 



As in the case of last year, particular pains were again 

 taken this year to assist all persons having had planting ex- 

 aminations made, so that practical results would follow. In 

 this way many plantations were made that otherwise would 

 have remained unplanted. 



It is believed that the State can well afford to do even 

 more in nursery work. Commercial nurseries are asking 

 higher prices, and as the demands are constantly increasing 

 and we shall need larger supplies in the future, there can 

 be no mistake in our growing enough to partly supply this 

 demand. When commercial forest nurseries have been in 

 existence long enough, so that we can depend upon getting 

 stock at practical planting prices, we shall not need to do 

 as much. There is a great difference in being able to save 

 from $1 to $3 an acre in the first cost of planting, when 

 seedlings are used. When transplants are used, the price 

 is relatively higher. 



The following orders were sent out last spring from 

 Amherst : — 



