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ARTIFICIAr, K(>1;M AIION OK WOODS. 



Oiie-vciir-ol.l liircli siH'dlin^'s . = IC. x 2.1 iiidics. 



Two-yciU--ol(l larch seedlings. = IS x :{ 

 One- or two-year-old Scotch 



pine seedlings . . . = 14 x '2 ,, 



^[essrs. Howden c*c Co., Inverness, generally line out the 

 larch one year old and Scotch pine two years old. They place 

 them 8 inches apart in the lines, with 1) inches hetween every 

 two lines. 



The pricking out can he done in a variety of ways according 

 to the description of plants. The more usual methods are, 

 either to make a separate hole for each plant with a planting 

 peg, a small hoe, or a garden trowel, or to open trenches, 



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into which the i)lants are placed at the proper distance 

 apart. In either ease the roots should he placed into a 

 natural position, and the soil well pressed around them. 



British nurserymen, in raising plants for sylvicultural 

 purposes, proceed in the following manner: — 



The soil, after having been brought into a suitable condition, 

 is thoroughly smoothed along the whole length of the conrart- 

 ment, then a planting line is placed on it, parallel to one side 

 of the compartment ; then the ground is cut away with a spade 

 along the line, so that a shallow trench is formed with one 

 side almost vertical (Fig. n;}, a). Against this side the 

 plants are placed at the proper distance apart, some earth 

 pressed around them, then the trench completely filled up, 

 the earth pressed down once more with the foot, and the whohi 

 smoothed over (Fig. 58, I/}. Tlieii the i)laiitiiig line is moved 



