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seed bed should be spaded deeply and well fertilized with orest mouW 

 phosphate of lime or well-rotted manure. Locate the seed bed on the north 

 ST5 ome building, fence or hedge so that it wil be petered from too 

 great sun. The seeds may be. sown very thickly in drills 8 to 10 inches apart 

 Cover to about twice their own depth; seeds are often killed by deep 

 plan" hn, Cover the seed bed with a two-inch layer of chaff or of sphagnum 

 or pine-needles to keep the soil from drying. Before frost comes give the 

 bed a thick protecting cover of hay or straw. 



Spring Planting of Tree Seeds 

 If the seed, kept through the winter are to be planted in an out-of-door 

 seed bed they should not be removed from their winter quarters unti tune 

 or that out-of-door planting after the frost is out of the ground; but i 

 thev are to be started in flower pots or boxes in the house, they maj be 

 b ought out and planted in February or March. They must be planted 

 immediately on being disturbed. The surface o the earth in he flowe 

 pots or boxes should be kept moist by a layer ot sphagnum ot chaff, of 

 crushed dead leaves or of pine needles. 



Most tree seeds are slow in germination, beech, maple and oak requiring 



FIG 52. COVER FOR SEED BEOS 



In some instances, the cover is placed high enough to make a huh house in wfcch 

 those in charge can work, although a low cover is much to be preferred, .alt Lake 

 National Forest, Utah 



