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APPENDIX 



Diagram to scale of a small nursery ; with a statement of its 

 capacity for white pine, chestnut, red oak, white ash and sugar 

 maple seedlings. 



A small nursery, similar to the diagram shown above, occupying 

 only 104 x 17 feet of ground, would enable the landowner who 

 intends to plant a considerable acreage to obtain first class planting 

 stock very cheaply. The size of the nursery, of course, should 

 be varied to fit each owner's needs. 



As outlined above, the nursery contains two beds, one to be 

 sown each spring, after the seedlings already in it have been re- 

 moved, thus providing for a continuous supply. The yield which 

 a single bed of the size described (100 x 4 feet) can furnish, will 

 vary with the kind of seedlings it contains. Where white pine is 

 raised, such a bed would have a capacity of 9600 seedlings, or 

 enough to plant approximately 8 acres. To obtain this yield, the 

 seedlings should be grown in rows 6 inches apart, with an inch 

 between the plants as they stood in the rows. As already stated, 

 white pine seedlings must be left in the nursery two years before 

 they can be used for planting. So, for the first year after estab- 

 lishing a white pine nursery, there would be no yield ; but from the 

 second year on, a steady annual output of 9600 seedlings could 

 be obtained by sowing seed in one bed each year. 



If chestnut, red oak, white ash, or sugar maple seedlings are 

 raised, the output of a single bed will be 4800 plants, sufficient to 

 plant 4 acres, or just half as many as in the case of white pine. 

 The reason for this difference is that the hardwood seedlings are 

 grown in rows one foot apart, while the white pine as previously 

 stated should be in rows 6 inches apart. Since seedlings of hard- 

 wood trees may be planted when one year old, a regular annual 

 yield can be secured from the nursery beginning with the end of 

 the first year. 



