226 REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



The Grabow nursery has an area of about half a hectare. The beds are laid 

 out forty inches wide, and of any convenient length. The sidepaths are one foot, 

 end paths thirty-two inches, and wagon roads ten feet in width. 



The seed is sown from the fifth to the fifteenth of April, in rows about four 

 inches apart and so thickly that the grains touch one another in many places. 

 Sowing in rows instead of broadcast is done to facilitate weeding. The seeds are 

 covered, about half a centimeter- deep, with natural soil, unfertilized, which is not 

 pressed down as dene elsewhere in many instances. Scotch pine is usually sown 

 first. No screens are used; but the beds are sprinkled daily in time of drought, 

 enough water being used to moisten the ground thoroughly. 



Scotch pine is left in the seed beds for one year only, after which the 

 seedlings of this species are sent to the plantations. If left in the seed beds 

 after they are one year old the crowded condition of the plants induces the fungal 

 growth known as " schiitte. ' If, however, the plants are needed for a plantation 

 on grassy land, the seedlings are transplanted into the nursery beds, set out there 

 eight inches apart each way, and allowed to remain another year before their 

 removal to the field. 



Havana. 



The forests in the Spessart are composed so largely of oak and beech that in 

 this region the proportion of nurseries is not so large as elsewhere. 



In the, Forstamt Hain the plots are about one eighth of an acre each in size. 

 In one of these, near the village of Hain, various coniferous species are grown — 

 white pine, Norway, spruce and larch predominating. 



The method by which the beds are covered for winter is somewhat peculiar. 

 Green branches of silver fir are used for this purpose. The beds containing white 

 pine yearlings have each a pole fixed along the center at a height of one foot 

 above the ground. Long branches are laid against this, with their lower ends 

 resting on the paths between the beds. The white pine and Norway spruce, 

 two years old, have twigs laid between the rows. The Norway spruce, one year 

 old, is covered with the branches laid flat upon the bed, entirely covering it. The 

 larch is left uncovered through the winter. 



The nursery lies almost level. It is protected from deer by a fence of woven 

 wire with a round top-rail, above which are two strands of barbed wire. In its 

 minor details the management is the same as that at most other nurseries 

 in Germany. 



The methods prevailing in the various nurseries as described here will give a 

 fair idea of the technique employed. Further examples might be given, but they 

 would offer no additional information and would involve unnecessary repetition. 



