CHAPTER II. 



NUKSEKIES. 



SECTION I. Properties of Good Transplants ... 136-138 

 II. Permanent and Temporary Nurseries com- 

 pared ... ... 138-140 



III. Collecting, Testing and Storage of Seed 



Article 1. Collection ... 140-143 



2. Preliminary Manipulation ... 143-145 



3. Testing ... 145-151 



4. Storage ... 151-154 



SECTION IV. Manures ... 154-162 

 V. Permanent Nurseries 



Article 1. Choice of Site ... 162-165 



2. Area ... 165-166 



3. Shape of Perimeter ... 166 



4. Fencing ... 166-167 



5. General Preparation of the Soil ... 167-174 



6. Watering ... 174-177 



7. Laying out of Interior ... 177-180 

 8. Preparation and Management of Seed-beds. 



1 . Germination and Methods of forcing it 180-181 



2. Season for sowing the Beda 181-182 



3. Preparation of the Beda ... 182-184 



4. Manner of sowing 184-189 



5. Watering the Beda ... 189-190 



6. Protection of the Beda ... 190-194 



7. Weeding, Hoeing and Manuring 194 



8. Amputation of the Tap-root 195 



$9. Training of the plants 1J5 

 Article 9. Preparation and Management of Nursery Lines 



1. Nursery-lines and Seed-beds compared ... 196-197 

 2. The Schooling of Seedlings 



A. Age for first transplanting and number of times to 



transplant ... 197-198 



B. Season for transplanting ... 198-199 



C. Distance of transplanting ... 199 



D. Preparation of the Soil in the Lines ... 199-200 



E. Lifting up of the Seedlings ... 200-201 



F. Transplanting into the Lines ... 201-203 

 0. Watering tJi Lines ... 203 

 H. Protection of the Seedlings in the Lines . 203-204 



