250 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



The following quantities of seedlings were transplanted in this nursery 

 last spring: 



White pine, 2 -year old seedlings . 72 , 956 



Scotch pine, 2-year old seedlings ' 98,995 



Bull pine, 2-year old seedlings 48,373 



220,324 



In addition twenty-four seed beds were sown with seed as follows : 



White pine 9 



Scotch pine 9 



Red pine 3 



European larch 3 



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Forest Experiment Station. This nursery has been used both for 

 experimental purposes and as a producer of planting stock. The plan of 

 transplanting one year seedlings has been continued with excellent results. 

 The species used were white, Scotch and red pine. The loss has been very 

 low, not over 2 per cent, and they have made an excellent growth. These. 

 Scotch and red pine are from four to seven inches high, large enough for 

 field planting under certain conditions, while the white pine have made 

 fine roots and when they are three years old will be ideal stock. The 

 disadvantage of this stock is that it is no higher when it is two years old 

 than a seedling of that age and costs nearly twice as much; but it is a far 

 better tree to use. On the other hand, if the one-year old seedlings are 

 left in the transplant beds two years, they are somewhat more expensive 

 than two-year old seedlings, transplanted for one-year, but are much better 

 and are worth more than the difference in price. Photos showing com- 

 parative developments of stock under these different conditions were 

 published in our annual report for 1908. The three-year transplants (one- 

 year seedlings transplanted two years) are far more desirable and cheaper 

 than four-year transplants and the former will be generally used in our 

 work where we have been using the latter. Scotch, red and bull pine 

 two-year old transplants (one-year old seedlings transplanted one year) 

 will be generally used in place of the three-year old transplant. 



