3<D NOTES ON FORESTRY. 



In soil already worked with plough or hoe, 

 planting may be performed with the hoe, which, on 

 the spots being marked, is struck in, and the earth 

 behind the blade drawn towards the striker suffi- 

 ciently to make room before for the insertion of the 

 plant, which is then placed down in front of the 

 blade, on removal of which, the soil, if loose, falls 

 back in its place, and should be firmly pressed 

 down round the roots. 



In planting in holes in unworked land, one man 

 walks before and makes the holes, and another, 

 following him with the basket of plants, first 

 throws a little loose earth into the hole, places 

 the plant, holding it upright with one hand, while 

 he breaks in the arth with the other; and the 

 hole being filled, the earth is firmly beaten in. 

 If this latter precaution is neglected, the plants 

 will die unless the duty is performed by an early 

 shower. 



There is no difficulty whatever in planting, but 

 the mode adopted must be suited to the local con- 

 ditions of soil and climate; but to secure success 

 with economy, care must be taken to organise the 

 labour at first, so that one man shall not have to 

 wait for the other. 



In 1871-72, I observe in the Punjab Annual Re- 

 port, that 871 acres were planted in the Changa 

 Manghu plantation in seven days a result that 



