PEINCIPAL WOEK FOE EACH MONTH 231 



July. 



Clean plantations, hedges and ditches. Mow drives. 

 Mark poles to be thinned out during following winter. 

 Make cuttings of privet for hedges. 



August. 



Clean and tend young plantations; continue cleaning 

 ditches. 



Start clearing, fencing, and draining the area to be 

 planted in the following winter. 



Open pits for planting on stiff soils. 



Hoe and point between transplant lines in nursery and 

 handweed seed beds. 



September. 



Take cuttings of most shrubs. Layer shrubs. 

 Finish cleaning plantations and preparing ground for 

 planting. 



October. 



Beat up blanks in plantations. 



Collect seed of Ash, Alder, Beech, Birch, Maple, and 

 Sycamore. 



Start planting hardwoods as soon as leaf is off and 

 weather favourable, and where the soil is not too stiff. 



November. 



Planting on dry soils should be done to take advantage 

 of winter rains. 



