CHAPTER LVIL 
ON PLANTING. 
What to Plant.—Preparation of the Soil.—Influence of Soil, Situa- 
tion, and Climate on Certain Species. —Dr. John A. Warden’s 
Facts in Connection with Tree-planting. —Congenial Soil of Spe- 
cies.— On Natural and Artificial Grouping.— Dispersion of Spe- 
cies, to What Due.—Base of Successful Forestry —Combined Spe- 
cies and Obnoxious Exceptions.—On Planting for Shelter-hedge or 
Screen. — Species Adapted to each Purpose. — On Planting Hill- 
sides. — A Philosophical Suggestion. — The Notching or Pitting 
Process for the Production of Stock Plants. — Separated Existence 
of Certain Species, and Care Necessary to their Successful Produc- 
tion,—Nurses.— What they Are.—Uses for which Designed.—Spe- 
cies most Easily Produced or Obtained.—Manner of Planting, and 
their Utility. — Nurses in Use for Specified Species. — Nurses as a 
Source of Profit. — On Close Planting and its Resulting Economy. 
—Rapidity of Growth of Hardy Trees. — Transplanting Seedlings. 
—Transplanting Trees of Large Size. 
Wuen, what, and how to plant is a question which 
many desire to have answered. 
“When to plant, though an important question, needs 
not much consideration. Plant when you get ready, 
fall or spring ; but be sure to have the soil ready for the 
reception of your trees before bringing them on the 
ground; let it be dry enough to crumble; never plant 
when it is wet and clammy. 
“The ground should be as well prepared as for a tillage 
crop, and where at all possible to plough the land, do it 
as a valuable preparation, because of the advantage it 
gives to the young plants that are to be introduced. 
“ Another point in having the land well prepared is 
the great advantage of being able to set treble the num- 
