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growing these trees for that special purpose. When I was 

 a boy, eleven or twelve years old, my father had charge 

 of planting a large amount of forest for a universit}^ in 

 (JIasgow. The system of planting there may be somewhat 

 different from what it is here. A man sticks a spade into 

 the ground, takes it out and puts it in again at right angles 

 with the first insertion, turns up the sod, puts in the tree and 

 presses the earth down. You can see, gentlemen, that it is 

 a very small matter to })lant trees in that way. That is the 

 way planting for forests in Scotland is done, I can well 

 remember taking a bunch of these larches, and, boy that I 

 was, sticking each one into a hole and putting one foot one 

 side and one the other, and the tree was planted. There 

 was an immense income from those forest plantations. 



]Mr. Ware. I would like to ask Mr. Lyman what is to 

 hinder trimming off all but one branc^h from the trees where 

 the worms have gnawed off the bud, and having a tree grow 

 from that? 



Mr. Ly:max. Nothing whatever, only, if it is up twenty 

 feet, it is rather troublesome to do. 



Mr. Ware. But in the case spoken of it occurred when 

 the trees were small, so that it would he very easy indeed to 

 trim to one leader. 



Mr. Lyivian. I think usually in our section the weevil 

 works on trees from five to twenty-five feet in height. I 

 would say in relation to what Brother Pratt has said, that 

 the transplanting did not cause the insect to ruin them, — 

 had nothing to do with it. I would say, further, that you 

 must plant your trees near together if you want to get good 

 timber, otherwise they will be all full of black knots. I 

 wish to say that the man is living and vigorous who mowed 

 over the ground w here my pines are growing, and they are 

 pretty good timber now. 



Mr. Russell. He planted them? 



Mr. Lyman. No, they were not there at that time. I 

 asked how about the larches that you spoke of yourself? 



Mr. Russell. That was a man wiio was willing to work 

 for the future. 



Mr. W. A. KiLBOURN (of South Lancaster). How can 

 we protect our plantations from fire? I have the care of 



