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I'KINCJPLES OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. 



of clear fields it is quite a simple matter to sow tlie seed 

 in furrows. 



Sowing in Patches. It is quite common in some of 

 the European forests to see patches of land, perhaps 

 four feet square, at twenty-foot intervals, which have 

 been stripped of their mossy cover and sown to seed. 

 These afford a sort of nursery throughout the forest, from 

 which seedlings may be transplanted and on which a 



P'lG. 12. — Good iiutural rcgeiieiiitiuii ol' Spruce in Maiutuba. 



number of seedling plants are left and form a good forest 

 cover. 



Sowing in Clear Fields. Pine and other seeds are 

 sometimes sown in clear fields with oats, when the straw 

 protects from the sun in summer and the stubble holds 

 the snow and acts as winter protection. Seed of Ash, 

 Maple, Elm, and some other trees may sometimes be sown 

 in the hills with corn to advantage in prairie-planting, 



