62 MODES OF FOREST PLANTING, 
3000 two-year seedling native Scotch = 
at 2s. per 1000, . £0 6 0 
1500 two-year seedling Larch, ‘a te pee 
1000, , F a : : 0 6 0 
Planting with the ant -iron, ‘ ‘ ‘ 0 4 «0 
£0 16 0 
In sheltered situations, where close planting is not neces- 
sary, the expense is 4s. or 5s. less per acre; 3000 plants 
being commonly used. 
If the soil is a grassy heath, with a close vegetation, stouter 
plants are generally more suitable ; such are also more suit- 
able where the surface vegetation is heath, but where the soil 
is a pure. moss to the depth of a few inches, or where the 
heath cover is rank or deep, in any of these circumstances the 
plants and cost per acre generally stand thus :— 
2000 two-year seedlings, one year transplanted, 
native Scotch pine, at 4s. 6d. per 1000, . £0 9 O 
1000 two-year oe one year trans- 
planted, Larch, . : : F 0 6 0 
Planting with the hand-iron, ‘ ‘ 0 4 0 
£019 0 
It is customary in the Highlands to burn off very strong 
heath two or three years before the ground is planted ; 
because, when the surface soil is favourable, a short heath ad- 
mits of seedlings being used, instead of transplanted plants, 
which is generally a saving of 50 per cent. on plants and 
planting ; but where the surface soil is a pure peat, or mossy, 
the transplanted plants are the surest, and ultimately the 
cheapest. The advantage of transplanted plants on a mossy 
surface is, that being stronger and possessed of more rigidity 
of fibre, they are not so apt to rot by the constant moisture 
retained by this description of soil; and when inserted they 
come in contact with and more speedily reach the sandy sub- 
soil, so necessary to their vigorous growth. 
It is only in well-sheltered ground that burning is to be 
