watering with liquid manure, consisting of a few shovelfuls 

 of dung thrown into a barrel of water. Liquid manure is 

 also good for plants that have been too long in tins. 



Pines and wattles require little or no manure : Gums a. 

 moderately good soil : Oaks and most leaf-shedders a better 

 soil. Have a few beds specially prepared with a good 

 dressing of lime or old mortar well broken up. Dig this in 

 and reserve these beds for Walnuts and other trees that 

 like lots of lime. 



WATEBING. It is a common error to water a nursery too 

 heavily. t It should be kept moist but not wet. The 

 appearance of moss and fungi is a sign of too much water 

 being used : and when there is any suspicion of brackish- 

 ness in the water watering must be kept down to the lowest 

 quantity consistent with growth. 



WEEDING. The most economical plan for weeding and 

 keeping the soil open is to set out the transplants in lines 

 from 10 to 14 inches apart and run down the lints every 

 two or three weeks with the Planet Jr. single wheel hand 

 hoe. First transplants may be set 4 inches apart in the 

 rows. The closer they are kept, without overcrowding, the 

 cleaner and straighter will be their stems and the less the 

 weeds. 



SHADING. All indigenous forest trees, the Camphor tree, 

 and some others, do best under partial shade. Freshly sown 

 seed, and freshly pricked out seedlings, should be completely 

 shaded at first. One of the best methods of shading is 

 the erection on posts of horizontal strips running N. and 

 S., raised about 5 ft. above the tins or beds. This 

 arrangement allows the morning and afternoon sun to 

 enter, but stops off the hot noon-tide sun. These strips 

 may be composed of planks, of bushes, or of roofing iron. 

 The advantage of the latter is that it does not cause drip 

 in rainy weather. For sown seeds light sacking or bush 

 or grass laid on the ground is the best shade, but this must 

 be carefully removed and examined every dew and, as soon 

 as the youug seed peeps through the ground oe replaced by 

 higher shade. Unless the young seed can be carefully 

 watched it is better not to incur the risk of shade laid on 

 the ground. 



