CHAPTER III. 



THE HOME NURSERY- 

 ITS FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT. 



IN the course of my experience on large estates few 

 things have been more particularly impressed upon me 

 than the importance of having a well-managed and well- 

 stocked home nursery, where the propagating and raising 

 of trees and shrubs required for forest and ornamental 

 planting may be taken in hand. The numerous advan- 

 tages of a home nursery, especially where planting is 

 extensively engaged in, are now so well known and 

 appreciated by every proprietor of large estates that 

 comment on this subject seems almost unnecessary. 



Where ornamental planting, the formation of woods and 

 plantations, game coverts, or hedging is performed on an 

 extensive scale, the convenience of a home nursery cannot 

 be over- valued, the plants being at hand when wanted, of 

 the size and in the quantity required, and known to be well 

 rooted, sturdy, and free from disease. 



The advantages in these cases are too well known to 

 require comment, and plants, more especially those of a 

 large size, sent from even a short distance by either road 

 or rail, cannot be expected to succeed equally with those 

 raised and planted on the same day. The extra soil, or ball, 



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