Re-forestation — — (Save the Soil at a Profit) 
T he surprising- prodigality heretofore prevailing in forest destruction all over the country is at last arous¬ 
ing public opinion. There is rapidly growing and wide-spread interest now being taken both by private 
planters, Natonal, State, and Municipal Departments toward restoring as far as possible what has been irre¬ 
trievably lost, due to the suicidal policy and wanton waste of our forests and the consequent depletion of 
our national timber resources. 
Supplying all young stock in quantity for reforesting and for nursery planting on the most favorable 
terms is one of the important and well-known features of the KELSEY NURSERY SERVICE. That these 
facilities are more and more appreciated by past and prospective patrons is shown in our constantly in¬ 
creasing business. 
A list of young seedlings and transplants will be found on the next page. But it by no means prices 
all the stock we have to offer. And in large quantities we are prepared to make very special low prices. 
Write us for prompt quotation on your needs. 
PLANTING COSTS 
The economic side of the planting of young trees is, perhaps, 
not generally understood. A yearly income of 15 to 20 per cent 
on an investment in reforestation is well within the bounds of 
possibility if ordinary care and intelligence are exercised. This 
investment would, of course, be a long-term one of 20 to 
50 years. 
The cost of planting is made up by reckoning the value of 
the land, the yearly taxes, the cost of labor in planting and 
the cost of the trees themselves. All these factors are variable, 
except that the actual labor of planting should average about 
$12.00 per acre. The number of trees per acre in a 6x6 foot 
planting is 1,200, and in an average planting of Pine and Spruce 
these would cost for three year transplants $25 to $35 per acre. 
Seedlings would, of course, be much cheaper and more eco¬ 
nomical, but require too much care on the average private 
estate where reforestation is purely a minor item and taken 
up as much for pleasure as for profit. 
BEST VARIETIES FOR SPECIAL SOILS 
LIGHT SAND 
Scotch Pine (Pinus) 
Black Locust (Robinia) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
SANDY LOAM 
European Larch (Larix) 
Arborvitae (Thuja Occ.) 
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga) 
Red Pine (Pinus) 
Black Locust (Robinia) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
GOOD SOIL 
White Pine (Pinus) 
Norway Spruce (Picea) 
White Ash (Fraxinus) 
European Larch (Larix) 
COARSE GRAVEL 
Red Pine (Pinus) 
Black Locust (Robinia) 
LOAM 
White Pine (Pinus) 
Norway Spruce (Picea) 
White Ash (Fraxinus) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
European Larch (Larix) 
Arborvitae (Thuja) 
WET LAND 
Balsam Fir (Abies) 
Arborvitae (Thuja Occ.) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
PROFITS FROM TREES 
As against this cost the timber at the end of thirty years-r- 
in Spruces, Pines or Firs, should yield about 15,000 board feet 
at from $6 per thousand for Pine up to $12 per thousand for 
Spruce and Fir, or $90.00 to $180.00 total income per acre. 
If cut for pulp-wood instead of lumber, the yield should be 30 
to 45 cords per acre—at about $4.00 per cord, or $120.00 to 
$180.00 per acre. 
At 40 years of age the board feet would range from 30 to 40 
thousand feet per acre and the cords of pulp-wood also ap¬ 
proximately double the figures for 30 years. For this reason 
40 years is a much more economical period to crop the 
timberland. 
CHRISTMAS TREE GROWING 
The planting of White and Norway Spruce and Douglas and 
Balsam Fir for Christmas Tree cutting is another phase of 
commercialized forestry which is profitable. This crop usually 
matures in about 10 years and when cut, leaves the timber-lot 
properly spaced for forest growing. One tree is planted 
between each two permanent trees and requires no extra land; 
indeed it is an assistance to the young evergreen for the first 
ten years to have the shade and shelter of a dense planting, 
which must, however, be cleared away in time, whether for 
Christmas Tree use or not, in order to maintain space for 
permanent growth. 
THE THREE-CROP FOREST PLAN 
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1. TIMBER — 12 ft. apart 
(402 to acre). Leave 40- 
50 years. Meanwhile:— 
2. XMAS TREES on same 
land set 3 ft. apart (3630 
to acre). 10 years. 
3. PULPWOOD — Six feet 
apart (808 to acre). Crop, 
20 years. 
Mixed planting, including 
hardwood, reduces fire risk, 
minimizes disease, increases 
cash return per acre and di¬ 
versifies. Total, 4840 to acre. 
Xmas Trees 
Norway Spruce 
White Spruce 
Douglas Fir 
Balsam Fir 
Colorado Spruce 
Suggested varieties: 
Pulpwood 
Norway Spruce 
White Spruce 
Red Pine 
Scots Pine 
Poplars 
Lumber 
Spruce and Pines 
Black Locust (posts) 
Ash and Hickory 
(handles) 
Walnut, Liriodendron, 
etc., cabinet woods 
PREVENT SOIL EROSION WITH GROUND COVERS AND BINDERS 
CYTISUS SCOPARIUS 
(Scotch Broom) 
Best for holding soil on steep banks, 
and in gullies. Yellow flowers in June. 
(25) (100) (1000) 
12 to 18 in.$1.50 $ 4.50 $ 40.00 
HEDERA HELIX BALTIC 
(Baltic Ivy) 
Use as vine or ground cover, in shade. 
Evergreen, very hardy. 
Plants from 2 
in. pots.$5.00 $16.00 $130.00 
LONICERA JAPONICA 
(Hall’s Honeysuckle) 
Can be used as ground cover, or on 
walls and fences. Fragrant flowers. 
Semi-evergreen. 
1 yr. light .$ 2.50 $ 20.00 
6 to 12 in. X. 4.50 35.00 
15 to 18 in. X ... 2.50 8.50 65.00 
PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS 
(Japanese Spurge) 
Tolerant in poor soil and shade. Plant 
3 to 1 square foot. 
(25) (100) (1000) 
1 yr. light .$ 5.50 $ 45.00 
2 yr.$3.00 11.00 80.00 
PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA 
(Kudzu Vine) 
Use when very rapid ground cover or 
soil binder is needed. Kills back in 
severe winters but comes up again 
from roots. 
1 yr. seedlings.$ 5.00 $ 40.00 
2 yr. seedlings. .$3.50 12.50 100.00 
VINCA MINOR (Myrtle) 
Evergreen ground cover and soil binder 
in sun or shade. Blue flowers in June. 
Strong clumps ..$3.00 $ 9.00 $ 70.00 
ROSE WICHURIANA 
Evergreen and blooms a long time. 
Branches grow quickly, droop and 
root. Thick-set effect. Best in sun, 
but stands shade. 
(25) (100) (1000) 
*12 to 15 in.$2.00 $ 6.00 $ 45.00 
HELIANTHEMUM (Sun-rose) 
Is the best for dry, poor soils in baking 
sun. Showy, too, and evergreen. 
2-yr. plants ..$5.00 $16.00 $150.00.. 
HEATHER (Calluna Vulgaris) 
In sunny windy loose soils it natu¬ 
ralizes. Beautiful and hardy. 
( 10 ) ( 100 ) ( 1000 ) 
2-yr. plants ....$3.00 $25.00 $225.00 
2-in. pots . 2.25 15.00 140.00 
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