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soil thin ; the latter, in rich and deep land, or where 

 there is much rank herbage. In the former, small 

 trees are required, say, two years seedlings or one year 

 transplanted ; in the latter, one or two year seedlings, 

 two or three years transplanted. We will. first describe 

 the process of notching. The distance apart having 

 been decided (for distances, see future section), and 

 the plan of planting arranged, a line should be laid 

 as a base, after which the work may continue by the 

 eye without artificial aid. 



Each man is accompanied by a boy, woman, or girl, 

 whose duty it is to hold the trees and place them in 

 the notch. They should have strong sacking aprons 

 in which to carry the trees, so placed that they may 

 be taken out rapidly as required, without becoming 

 entangled. When this supply is nearly exhausted, 

 they will hand over to the man the last dozen, or 

 thereabouts, and proceed at once to the man in charge 

 of the supplies, as already mentioned, refill their 

 aprons, and return. 



The man will bring with him a notching-iron or 

 sharp old spade the latter is perhaps the best. He 

 will make in the turf, or heath, two deep cuts at right 

 angles to each other, thus : 



And at the point x, cut another, say 5 or 6 inches 



