ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. 107 



"What has been done by nature and care in the two 

 cases I have just cited, may be done in many places on 

 a more or less extensive scale. A little study of the 

 aspect and soil of the land intended to be re- wooded, 

 will show if there be any prospect of obtaining a natural 

 new growth of wood. If the examination demonstrates 



99.— Fraxinus viridis — Seed of 

 green-ash. 



98. — Quercus macrocarpa — Acorn ot 

 buiT-oak. 



that art must be employed, the system of replanting, 

 which I am about to describe, must be had recourse to. 



CHAPTEE XII. 



A WORD ABOUT SEEDS. 



When once it has been determined to establish a 

 plantation, the first thing to be done is to look out for 

 the easiest way of getting young plants. There are three 

 means of obtaining them : 1st, sowing the seeds in beds 

 for subsequent setting out in nurseries ; 2nd, buying 

 plants from nurserymen who make a business of raising 

 them ; 3rd, digging up the plants from the forest where 

 they grow naturally. 



If you prefer sowing the seeds, you must learn where 

 to get them, and the method of treatment required by 

 them. 



