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was not confined to the younger stock, but was so extensive that even a 

 large part of the four-year-old transplants were also thrown out and the 

 roots broken. The following quantity of two-year-old seedlings was also 

 taken from the nursery and sent to Lake Clear or Saranac Nurseries. 



Norway spruce 17,472 



Scotch pine 35, 600 



53'07 2 



Thirty, four by twelve, seed beds one-year old remain in the nursery 

 which will be taken up the coming spring ; then this nursery will be 

 discontinued. 



The chief reason for discontinuing work at the Wawbeek and Axton 

 Nurseries is that there is no ground under our jurisdiction in that vicinity 

 which we can reforest. All the stock grown in these nurseries must be 

 carted to Lake Clear and then sent to the field. This hauling in the spring 

 of the year over heavy roads is expensive and makes the cost just so much 

 more than growing them nearer our planting fields. The Axton Nursery 

 is situated on a rather sterile sandy soil, overgrown with " quack grass," 

 which makes weeding expensive, and there is no water available at a reason- 

 able price. The Wawbeek soil is so heavy and damp that it is almost 

 impossible to handle the work there in the spring of the year, and it is also 

 at nearly as great a disadvantage as Axton with reference to our planting 

 fields. 



Lake Clear Nursery. When it was decided to abandon the Wawbeek 

 and Axton Nurseries, containing about four and one-quarter acres, it became 

 necessary to establish another one large enough to supply the output of 

 these two and extend our work in accordance with the increased appropria- 

 tions. It was decided to locate this nursery near the two at Saranac Inn 

 Station in order to reduce the administrative expenses. A piece of desir- 

 able land was found about one mile west of Lake Clear Junction, which 

 was one and one-half miles from our other nurseries. A field, containing 

 ten and one-quarter acres, was leased for a period of five years with the 

 privilege of renewal. About six and one-half acres were set out in trans- 



