PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



seeds vary so much that a brief description of those kinds 

 most commonly planted will be fouad of use. 



Alder seed should be gathered from the trees, and sown 

 in spring. 



Ash seeds are ripe in October, when they should be 

 collected and kept in moist sand during the winter, and sown 

 in March. 



Austrian, Corsican, and Weymouth Pine seeds are 

 treated in every respect like those of Scotch fir, varying 

 the kiln heat according to the looseness of the cone-bracts. 



Beech seeds are collected in October and November, placed 

 in sand, and sown in April. The young plants are readily 

 affected by frost, and should, therefore, not be sown earlier 

 than the time mentioned. 



Birch seed must be collected from the trees just before 

 it becomes fully ripe, else it is scattered broadcast and lost 

 for cultivation. March is the time of sowing. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana se ed is usually ready for collecting 

 in October, but should not be sown before the first week in 

 April. 



Douglas Fir seed is, in most cases, readily removed from 

 well-ripened cones by threshing or by pulling the cone to 

 pieces, but, in some instances, particularly where the quan- 

 tity is large, kiln-drying is resorted to. The seeds should be 

 gently watered and sown at once. 



Elm seeds are ripe in June, when they may either be sown at 

 once,or dried and kept in stock for planting in March and April. 



Hawthorn seed, or berries, may be sown when collected, 

 or the outer coating rotted off by keeping them during the 

 winter in moist sand. 



Hazel nuts may be collected in autumn, and sown at once 

 or kept till spring. 



Holly berries require to be placed in sand for about 

 eighteen months so as to rot off the fleshy outer coating, and 

 may be sown in March. The mixture of sand and berries, 

 which should be about in equal proportions, must be turned 

 frequently. They are usually sown with the sand in which 

 they have been lying. 



Horse and Spanish Chestnut seeds may be taken together, 



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