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common sorts of trees generally planted in tlie 

 forest, which, when I have them grown to the 

 desired strength, I plant out into the forest ground 

 to fill up any vacancies which may have occurred 

 among the young plantations ; and even in some 

 instances, where a small plantation may be required 

 to have an immediate effect, I have planted up with 

 such large trees entirely. 



IS'ow, from what I have said above, my meaning 

 will appear evident in advising proprietors to have 

 tlieir own home nurseries ; and that is, that they 

 may have a command of good specimens of all the 

 general varieties of trees to plant out at any time 

 into any parts of their plantations where they may 

 be required. No proprietor's estabhshment can be 

 said to be complete, as relates to forests, without 

 such accommodation. Without a reserve nursery, 

 no forester can have young trees at command in 

 order to meet the demands of his employer as oc- 

 casion may sometimes require. Without a reserve 

 nursery, no gentleman can reasonably expect to 

 have forest operations conducted properly. It 

 would be folly to send forty or fifty miles to a 

 nurseryman for a few good trees to answer some 

 particular purpose, when the same could be got 

 more conveniently and more safely from the home 

 nursery; and even after sending for such trees, 

 they might not be such as were expected. Diffi- 

 culties of this kind I have myself experienced in 



