NOTES ON FORESTRY. 



the required depth, and then cutting a circular 

 sod of fifteen to eighteen inches diameter, divide 



it across the middle, 

 and invert it so as 

 to embrace the 

 plant as shown in 

 the annexed section. 

 ir This will secure a 

 free space around 

 the plant, admit the 

 needful light, and preserve it from having to 

 struggle with the grass ; and if the soil be too 

 moist at the season of planting, the plant, instead 

 of being lowered into a hole, may be just rested 

 on the ground-level, and sufficient soil be heaped 

 up round the roots to fix it firmly. 



A great advantage in nursery operations is the 

 possibility of bestowing more care on the manipu- 

 lation of the soil than can be given to forest areas, 

 but even in nursery beds it is difficult to give that 

 extreme care which some fine and rare seeds re- 

 quire that is, if we would have a plant for every 

 good seed ; as, for example, with the eucalyptus, 

 with which, operations being for the most part 

 on a limited scale, it is better to resort to pots. 

 Seedling pots should be large, and have a large 

 hole in the bottom ; they should be filled the first 

 third with broken fragments of brick or pottery, 



