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THE SMALL NURSERY 



to buy would be a desirable arrangement and a good way 

 in which to secure nursery lands. 



If you are in a fruit growing section you will undoubt- 

 edly want to have a stock of fruit trees. You will find 

 that the Spring is the best time to handle them and also 

 to purchase stocks of them. Don't figure too strongly on 

 growing your own stock — rather leave this sort of thing 

 to the expert, at least until you feel that you are in that 

 class. I mention the matter of fruits here in connection 

 with soil, for you must remember that in the growing of 

 fruits there is a recognized rotation of crops. A discus- 

 sion of this subject will be found in any of the numerous 

 books on fruit growing. 



Another factor to be looked into in planting your nurs- 

 ery is the matter of the Winter protection of the more 

 tender subjects. A good hedge of evergreen trees makes 

 an ideal protection against the cutting north winds, but 

 a group of buildings or greenhouses has much the same 

 eflFect. A fruit orchard on the windward side will also 

 afford some protection. 



It is generally agreed by many, however, that one of 

 the best places for tender subjects is the north slope of a 

 hill. This statement may seem odd until explained; 

 the reason is the same that holds true in the matter of 

 evergreens planted on the north of a house, which are 

 more likely to live than those on the south side. This is 

 so because in sunny exposed places the sun on a warm 

 Winter day will often heat a plant enough to cause an 

 imperceptible growth which the next good zero day will 

 promptly kill. This is a little and a simple matter, but 

 one which should be borne in mind both in planting the 

 nursery and in selling your plants to your customers. 

 Repeated freezing followed by thawing is the worst 

 enemy of flowering, broad-leaved evergreens. 



