SELECTION OF SEED. ' 



In case, however, of injury to the roots ia transplanting, a. 

 jagged wound should always be trimmed with a sharp knife, and 

 a broken or wounded root should never be allowed to remain 

 but should be at once cut off with a sharp knife, as it 

 is very liable to induce disease and spread decay — either 

 ■when planting in nursery or field. 



Transplanting may be resorted to as a check to growth, at 

 times when nursery plants are becoming somewhat overgrown 

 and no ground is ready in the field. If carefully performed, 

 this operation will render the plants hardy and better able to 

 stand transport to a permanent position. 



Nurseries should always be placed near water, and well 

 protected from wind, and direct sun ; but they are always the 

 better for having plenty of light. 



Manure is not required in the nursery, unless the ground is 

 very poor, and it should on no account be used in the seed bed. 

 If the ground needs it, it may be slightly enriched with well 

 decayed leaf mould in suitable quantities, but it should be the 

 planter's earnest endeavour not to induce rampant growth in the 

 nursery, as the plants produced under such conditions are sure 

 to suffer when finally put out in the field. A healthy sturdy 

 plant is much better than a large and soft wooded one, and wilt 

 always make a finer tree. 



