no HAND-BOOK OF TREE-PLANTING. 



they must be protected from the incursion 

 among them of cattle and other animals which 

 might trample them down or feed upon them. 



How far apart to be planted. 



It is a question of much importance at what 

 distance apart from each other trees should be 

 planted. While within the seed-bed, they may 

 be planted within a few inches of each other 

 and in rows just sufficiently far apart to allow 

 the ground to be worked so as to keep down 

 weeds. When they have attained a height of 

 from twelve to eighteen inches, they will need 

 to be transplanted and to have more room. 

 When transferred to the nursery, they should 

 not be placed nearer to each other than six 

 inches for those kinds of trees that have a 

 slender form. Those of a more spreading habit 

 may be set at the distance of a foot; and the 

 evergreens, which throw out branches near the 

 ground, may be placed eighteen or twenty 

 inches from each other. 



There is some difference of opinion as to 

 the distance from each other at which trees 



