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with another, or tread in, but not allow his attention 

 to be distracted from his chief employment. If a 

 man plants carelessly or neglects warnings, let him be 

 sent to dig holes. This carefulness applies to all 

 systems of planting. We are, however, digressing 

 somewhat, and must return to the matter in hand, and 

 deal with it in regular order. The subject of planting 

 naturally embraces selection and distribution of trees, 

 transfer from nursery of the trees required, digging 

 the holes or notching, and the actual process of plant- 

 ing. It will, however, suffice for this purpose to con- 

 sider only the subject of hard woods and conifers, and 

 that of permanent trees and nurses. 



The connection between the nursery and the planta- 

 tion we shall also touch upon briefly when necessary, 

 in so far only, however, as it bears upon the necessity 

 of supplies. Therefore the principal items left are 

 those of preparation for planting and the actual pro- 

 cess itself. As we have in previous sections drawn 

 attention to the necessity of selection of trees, it is 

 hardly necessary here to say more than that it is 

 essential to success that this selection should be made, 

 also that the distribution should be based on scientific 

 grounds. We must presume that this has been 

 arranged ; that the distance between the hard woods 

 or deciduous trees has been determined ; the kinds of 

 nurses chosen, their distances and distribution, and so 

 forth. 



With regard to the supply of trees from the nursery, 

 it is necessary to be here a little more explicit, as we 

 may not again have the opportunity of pointing out 

 how important it is that a good organisation should 



