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PROVINCE. 



Brescia 



Cagliari 



Caserta 



Chieti 



Cosenza 



Foggia 



Genova 



Grosseto 



Macerata 



Novara 



Palermo 



Potenza 



Sassari 



Teramo 



Total 



Name of the forest nursery. 



Begotta 



Aie, Maitoppi . 

 Bandio 

 Martice 

 Migliano . 

 Giacomelli 

 Trincata . 

 Follonica ... 

 San Giuseppe 

 Aldec .... 

 Lavatoio . 

 Vigna .... 

 Fraigada Pisanu 

 Buragna Paggiara 



Area in 

 hectares* 



.2000 

 I . 8000 

 I . I936 

 2.0479 

 IO.69OO 

 I . 0000 

 I . 2000 

 4.0107 

 I . 5000 



3 . 8000 



4 . 2000 



.9416 



2.9994 



2.1814 



58.1001 



Yearly 



expenditure for 



maintenance. 



Francs. 



250.00 



883.42 



276.16 



1,509.48 



3.363-93 

 680 . 40 

 960.31 



4,235.00 

 859-4I 



2,771-39 

 2,504.49 

 1,232.58 

 743-40 

 1 , 298 . 00 



1 41, 028.56 



Number of 

 ■ plants 

 produced. 



20, 000 

 110,000 

 100, 000 



300, 000 

 600, 000 



100,000 



125,000 



2, 500, 000 



3S,ooo 

 500, 000 

 400, 000 

 200, 000 

 130,000 

 118,000 



8, 978, 000 



* A hectare is equal to 2.471 acres. f Or, $7,795.43. 



The above statement will give some idea of the large extent to which nurseries 

 are used by European governments in their work of forest extension. In Germany 

 and France the nurseries are much more numerous, owing to the larger area of 

 forest, greater amount of timber cutting, and more extensive replanting. 



The different species of trees propagated in these Italian nurseries are shown 

 in the following list, which was kindly furnished by Inspector A Franchi, of the 

 Forestry Department of Tuscany. The botanical designations, some of which are 

 not used in this country, are as given in his list, and include some species which 

 are rare in America: 



Silver fir Abies alba Willd. (Pinus picea Linn.) 



Norway spruce Abies picea Willd. {Pinus abies Linn.) 



Norway maple Acer platanoides Linn 



Sycamore maple Acer pseudo-platamis Linn. 



European alder Alnus glutinosa Gaertn. 



Speckled alder . . Alnus incana Willd. 



Chestnut , Fagus castanea Linn. 



Beech . Fagus sylvatica Linn. 



European ash Fraxinus excelsior Linn. 



Flowering ash Fraxinus ornus Linn. 



Walnut Juglans regia Linn. 



