PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



yard manure will go a great way towards throwing fresh 

 energy into the plants. This should be applied in 

 winter, and lightly forked in the following spring, and 

 before growth has commenced. Should gaps occur by 

 reason of deaths in the old plants, these should be 

 removed, and others of young growth substituted, the 

 soil at the same time being dug out and other fresh from 

 a field or roadside used instead. Great care should be 

 exercised that the roots of living plants are not injured 

 whilst removing the dead and substituting the live 

 specimens. Specially- prepared plants that are unusually 

 tout and bushy should alone be used in hedge-repairing. 



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