18 PRACTICAL TREE-PLANTING IN OPERATION. 



EXPLANATION OF PLAN. 



The planting is to be made in two belts, one on the north of the 

 buildings, 6 by 30 rods, and one on the west of the buildings, 15 by 

 60 rods. 



The plan calls for Boxelder, Green Ash, White Elm, Black Cherry, 

 and conifers. In the first row Boxelder and Green Ash are to alter- 

 nate, in the second row White Elm and a conifer alternate in the west 

 belt, while in the north belt Black Cherry comes in the place of the 

 conifer. The conifers, which consist of 1,100 White Pine, 1,250 Red 

 Pine, and 1,500 Douglas Spruce (Red Fir), are not to be set in the per- 

 manent plantation during the spring of 1900, but are to be set 1 foot 

 apart in nursery rows. If their growth be rapid, cultivation should 

 cease by midsummer. Next winter they may be slightly protected 

 by straw placed about them. In the spring of 1901 they are to be 

 set in the permanent plantation. It is recommended that 1-year old 

 seedling deciduous trees be used in the planting, on account of their 

 cheapness and the ease and safety of transplanting. 



To insure hardiness in the stock the trees are to be obtained from 

 nurseries with climate corresponding to that into which they are to be 

 be transplanted. 



The method of mixing the trees is definitely shown by the accompany- 

 ing planting plan. 



In case the Black Cherry can not be obtained for planting this spring 

 its planting may be delayed till the spring of 1901. An order for the 

 stock should at once be placed with a nurseryman, so that he may be 

 able to have it when needed. 



CARE OF NURSERY STOCK. 



When forest-tree seedlings are received from the nursery, they should 

 be immediately unpacked, the roots puddled, and the plants heeled in 

 to await favorable weather for planting. Yearling stock, which is the 

 best age for such quick-growing varieties as Cotton wood, Boxelder, 

 Soft Maple, Russian Mulberry, Catalpa, White Elm, Black Cherry, 

 Black Walnut, Black Locust, and Honey Locust, will seldom require 

 special treatment. If they have made unusual root growth it may be 

 necessary to prune the roots in order to make the planting easier, but 

 this should be sparingly done. It is quickly accomplished by chopping 

 the tips with a sharp ax before the bundles are untied, leaving the roots 

 at least 8 inches long. 



Before the plants are unpacked a puddle should be made by digging 

 a hole convenient to the place of heeling in, and mixing in it equal 

 parts of loam and fresh cow dung with enough water to reduce the whole 

 to a mixture sufficiently thick to adhere to the roots readily. As each 

 bundle is taken out it is untied, the roots spread, and dipped in the 

 puddle to the collar, so that every root is covered. A trench having 



