STATE NURSERY 139 
Limited quan- 
tities of Scotch 
Pine and Mungo 
Pine are also on 
hand for next 
spring delivery 
and a number of 
excellent young 
poplars, grown 
from cuttings, 
and now from 6 
to 12 feet high. 
Orders this 
year exceeded 
the supply, 
which, owing to 
the few students 
in attendance 
during the years 
of the war, and 
to the impossi- 
bility of securing 
local labor, was 
not as large as it 
would have been 
under normal 
conditions. 
The space al- Growth of Young Spruce and Fir in Old Logging 
lotted for this Road. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
work is, how- oe 
ever, too small, 
and there is no room for expansion on the Campus. It is greatly to 
be hoped that sufficient funds will be provided for starting another 
and larger nursery, preferably in the southern part of the State, 
in addition to and in codperation with the State Forest Nursery 
at Orono. 
Our nursery here is of vital importance to the work, as it is the 
laboratory for the students of forestry, in which they acquire first- 
hand knowledge of nursery practice, and it is also valuable for 
experimental purposes: but it is not large enough to meet the de- 
mands now coming in from all parts of the State for forest plant- 
ing stock. Either temporary subsidies should be provided for 
