CHAPTER XL 

 ATTENTION AFTER PLANTING. 



AFTER planting, young plantations require constant 

 supervision. Often when the work has been com- 

 pleted they are left entirely to take care of themselves, 

 and when visited much disappointment ensues. A 

 gardener, when he plants out his flowers or shrubs, 

 gives them constant attention, and does all in his 

 power to bring about success ; but a tree is too often 

 treated as a strong and robust plant, which will take 

 root and thrive as a matter of course. If the planting 

 has been carefully carried out in accordance with 

 the suggestions we have made and a man is em- 

 ployed for a few months to tend the plantations, 

 there need be little fear of evil results ; but if the 

 trees have been carelessly planted and afterwards 

 neglected, it will be found necessary to replant largely 

 the following season. Taking this into consideration, 

 it is worth the forester's while to employ men to watch 

 the plantations for some months after planting. 



On land that has been recently drained, and where 

 the natural herbage is rank and luxuriant, one man 

 will be needed to each fifteen acres. We have found 

 this area as large as one can easily manage. When, 

 however, the herbage is short and the land fairly dry, 



