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certain situations ; but where I have had the accom- 

 modation of a home nursery, I have been able at 

 all times fully to meet the demands of my em- 

 ployer, and that also at a very moderate expense ; 

 therefore it is, that having experienced the dis- 

 appointments attendant upon the want of a reserve 

 nursery, I would here urge every proprietor to 

 adopt the system of having a small one, merely 

 with the view of raising a few particularly good 

 trees, for a particular purpose, and the extent of 

 ground to be occupied as such must be regulated 

 according' to the probable demand ; that is, if the 

 forest grounds be extensive, two, or perhaps three 

 acres may not be too much, and if the forest 

 grounds be not extensive, half an acre may be quite 

 enough. In making such a nursery, never let it 

 be in a sheltered or low-lying part, for there the 

 young trees would be drawn up and weakly ; neither 

 make it upon a stiff clay soil, for in such a soil young 

 trees never make good roots — but let the situation 

 be rather an exposed one, with a light friable soil ; 

 there the young trees will become bushy and hardy, 

 and also throw out numerous fibrous roots, which is 

 always favourable to the healthy growth of young 

 forest trees which have to be transplanted. 



