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Patuode Nursery. This nursery was established during the year and 

 is used entirely for the propagation of seedlings. We have in this nursery 

 seed beds as follows: 



White pine, i-year old 149 



Scotch pine, i-year old 60 



Red pine, i-year old 4 



Norway spruce, i-year old 10 



White spruce, i-year old 2 



European larch, i-year old 2 



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These beds except the two containing white spruce are fully stocked 

 and contain not less than 2,000,000 seedlings which have made a fine growth. 

 The accompanying illustration shows the fine condition of the beds. 



In order to show the quality of seedlings we are growing and what 

 improvements we have made in this work reference is made to the plate 

 herewith, with the following explanations, all of these plants are two-year 

 old white pine seedlings. Group No. 1 - - trees grown in one of the largest 

 and best commercial nurseries in this country. Group No. 2 — average 

 sized seedlings from our seed beds grown with a much shorter season than 

 No. 1. Group No. 4 are the seedlings we grew in our nurseries in 1903, 

 while Group No. 3 shows the size we grew in 1905-6, after experiments in 

 soil treatment, and Group No. 2 shows what we are growing now after 

 further efforts to improve the quality of seedlings. 



Salamanca Nursery. — The report of work at this nursery, during the 

 year, was prepared by Mr. J. W. Stephen, resident forester. 



The spring of 1909 found us ready for business. Everything of a 

 preparatory nature had been done the fall and summer before. 



The winter of 1908-09 was very open in this section of the State. 

 Snow fell to a considerable extent at different times, but owing to the 

 repeated thaws it did not remain long on the ground at any time, and was 

 not of great importance as a protection to the trees. 



The seed beds were covered with burlap, but in spite of this the repeated 

 freezing and thawing during the winter heaved some of the trees out of the 

 ground. This was especially noticeable around the edges of the beds 

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