CHAPTER IV 



NURSERIES 



Nurseries are of two kinds, permanent and temporary. 

 The former are established in order to give a continuous 

 supply of plants to a large area, and formed as near the 

 centre of operations as possible. Temporary nurseries 

 are only destined to supply plants for the area in their 

 immediate vicinity, and they are abandoned as soon 

 as this particular area is stocked. 



While the latter save a great deal of labour and 

 expenditure on transport of plants to the field, especially 

 in a hilly country, and are also less costly, the former 

 will, as a rule, supply stronger transplants, owing to the 

 greater amount of attention that can be given to them. 

 In flat countries with easy road or water transport, 

 therefore, or in those where there is a difficulty in 

 obtaining a water-supply for watering the seedlings, 

 or where the supervision or protection of outlying 

 nurseries is difficult, it will be preferable to establish 

 permanent nurseries if the supply has to be continuous. 



The principles to be followed in either case are the 

 same, viz. a site as near the centre of operations as 

 possible, soil and locality suitable for raising the seed- 

 lings, a compact shape, and adequacy of water-supply. 



On permanent nurseries, however, works are made 

 on a more lasting and therefore costly scale, and, as 

 seedlings are raised year after year on the same area, 

 the beds require manure from time to time. 



In selecting a site for a nursery, not only should 



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