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ery now covers 5.5 acres, with 3.5 acres under lath, contains 1,680,000 

 trees, nearly two-thirds of which will be ready to set in the field next 

 year, and has an annual productive capacity of about 3,000,000 trees. 

 About 540 pounds of seed were sown during May and early June. A 

 hand seed drill reduced the cost of sowing to 5 cents per pound. 



Field planting was somewhat curtailed to allow the nursery stock 

 to attain larger size. Previous losses were largely due to the use of 

 too small plant material, and in the future only selected stock 2 or 3 

 years old will be planted. About 319,000 two-year old seedlings, 93 

 per cent of which were western yellow pine, were set out. 



A total of 154,000 trees was shipped from Halsey for planting else- 

 where, including 30,000 sent to Helena, Mont., for use in Helena For- 

 est Park, and 50,000 furnished to the Keclamation Service for plant- 

 ing along the interstate canal in Wyoming and Nebraska. 



PIKES PEAK FOREST EESEKVF (CLYDE AND BEAE CREEK STATIONS). 



The Eosemont nursery site, established in 1904, will be abandoned, 

 leaving Clyde and Bear Creek as permanent stations. At the Clyde 

 nursery the half acre under lath contained about 410,000 seedlings 

 when spring opened. Since seed sowing in 1905 was delayed until 

 July, awaiting the completion of the lath house and water system, 

 the seedlings were too young to withstand well the severe winter. 

 The beds which failed wholly or in part were resown. 

 . To secure a lower elevation and a longer growing season, an addi- 

 tional half acre of seed beds on a 1.8-acre nursery site was prepared 

 and sown in Bear Creek Canyon, and a water system was installed. 



Since the seedlings in the Clyde nursery were not old enough to set 

 in the mountains, 20,000 red fir seedlings were shipped from the 

 Halsey nursery. They were planted in two sites under good weather 

 conditions, and promise to grow with slight loss. 



Altho the high elevation a.nd rough slopes in the Pikes Peak Forest 

 Reserve make difficult conditions, there is every indication of ultimate 

 success. Several important watersheds need jDlanting, and the work 

 is supported by public sentiment. 



SANTA BARBARA li'OEEST RESERVE (SAN MARCOS STATION). 



The nursery, which was established in San Marcos Pass in the 

 spring of 1905, contains 181,000 one-year-old seedlings in transplant 

 beds. The 5,760 square feet of beds under lath from which the trans- 

 plants were removed were resown Avitli 127 pounds of seed, mainly 

 knobcone, Jeffrey, and gray pine. 



The first field planting in this reserve was done this year, with 

 30,000 two-year-old seedlings from the Henninger's Flat nursery. 

 The sites selected were at elevations varying from 1,400 to 3,500 feet. 

 Two and one-half months after the trees were planted over 95 per 

 cent were in good condition. 



GILA FOREST RESERVE (FORT BAYARD STATION). 



The half acre of seed beds sown in July, 1905, produced about 

 385,000 seedlings, 300,000 of which were transplanted to nursery 

 rows. The beds were resown this spring with 15 species, to give a 

 thoro test of southern California conifers and of native trees. 



