LIST OF PLATES 



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I. A seed nursery. Flower plants grown for the crop of seeds 10 

 II. A forest-tree nursery. Seed-beds of white pine seedlings 



two years old 50 



III. Propagation of hydrangeas. House in July; the stock 



was marketed the following autumn .... 81 



IV. Straddle-row tillage in the nursery 112 



V. Tying or wrapping root-grafts by machinery . . . 139 



VI. A nursery of ornamental stock ; trimming . . .173 



VII. A good stand of blue spruce 201 



VIII. A fruit-tree nursery, showing trees two years from the 



bud 220 



IX. Two-year budded cherry, on mazzard and mahaleb . 277 

 X. First-class dwarf apple stock at left two-year whole- 

 root grafts 333 



XI. Horse-help in the nursery. Fitting the land for nursery 



stock. Digging by mule-power 387 



XII. Nursery packing-room, ready for the equipment . . 423 



