HOW TO GROW A FOREST FROM SEED 



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proper study of the conditions and adaptations, poorer soils 

 needing more attention than good ones. 



(<5) Planting. 



Just how to handle the seed in planting will depend very 

 much upon whether one has collected his own seed at a min- 

 imum cost or purchased it; also, whether the land to be 



Fig. 7. A sample of six to eight inch spruce seedlings from a Western nursery. 

 Price ^4.00 per thousand in large lots ; in smaller quantities ;^5.oo to ^lo.oo per 

 thousand. 



handled is cleared, scrub, or waste lands. If the seed has 

 been collected in quantities and at little expense, one can 

 afford, perhaps, to sow it broadcast and run the risk of a 

 portion of it germinating and growing. If the land cannot 

 be cultivated, and all that one can do is to simply sow the 

 seed, the quantity of seed should be the maximum amount. 



