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PLANTING 



Scots Pine, Corsican Pine, and Douglas Fir ; but it will 

 often be found that a short rotation, especially for the last 

 3 species, will have to be adopted. 



Ash is the most particular of all trees, and will succeed 

 best on really deep stiffish loams, though lighter land, 

 especially moist humous soil, with a clay bottom about 4 

 feet below the surface, will also suit it. In a general way, 

 it may be said that soil really suited for growing Ash is 

 usually worth 303. to 2 an acre for farming purposes. 



Larch is also very particular if it is to be grown to 

 perfection. Deep, stiff, adhesive clays are quite unsuited 

 to it ; so also are light, dry, porous soils, and thin soils over- 

 lying chalk. It delights, however, in a stony, rocky soil, if 

 it can obtain sufficient moisture. 



Thin clays with a disintegrated rocky or stony subsoil 

 are very suited to it ; so also are good deep loams. When 

 planted on stiff clays, chalk, or dry gravels, it usually becomes 

 hollow or " pumped." 



On light, porous soils, the best trees to plant are Scots, 

 Austrian, and Corsican Pines, Acacia, Birch, and White Alder. 



As to Food Requirements. The food requirements of 

 trees are very slight when compared to the requirements 

 of agricultural crops. Even the poorest soils can usually 

 provide all the food material necessary, provided always that 

 the fallen leaves be not removed from the soil. 



According to Ebermayer, the loss per acre of Lime, 

 Potash, and Phosphoric Acid, occasioned by the removal 

 of crops of timber, will amount on the average in Ibs. per 

 acre per annum 



