[HEN the Author of this brochure founded THE SCAN- 

 DINAVIAN FOREST SEED ESTABLISHMENT in 1887, 

 he had for a considerable number of years taken a 

 great interest in the propagation of plants from seed. 

 Especially valuable to him was the experience gained between 

 1874 and 1879, in Nurseries in Danmark, England, France and 

 Germany. 



He attaches most importance to the time spent in the nurse- 

 ries of Orleans; the insight he obtained there into the treatment 

 of the seeds of trees and shrubs has proved invaluable to him in 

 his later researches. 



The methods of sowing, and more especially the preparation of 

 the seed before sowing, particularly claimed his attention. When 

 one thinks of the vast extent and importance of the well known 

 forest nurseries round Halstenbek in Holstein, it is interesting to 

 recollect that, when the Author laboured at Orleans thirty-six 

 years ago, these nurseries produced little else but thorn quicks, 

 while the seed beds of Orleans were pre-eminent in every way. 

 It is the methods then used at Orleans and more particularly 

 the practice of causing the various seeds to germinate before being 

 sown which with later improvements and suitable modifications, 

 are now used at Halstenbek. 



In 1880 the Author established a Forest Nursery at Kolding in 

 Jutland; but unfortunately an infestation of Cockchafer grubs de- 

 stroyed many hundreds of thousands of one- and two- years old 

 seedlings. This misfortune caused him to turn his attention to 

 what has since become his life-work. 



When the Author started as a trader in the seed of forest trees, 



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