. Annual report . C. R. Pettis, Photo. FOUR-YEAR OLD TRANSPLANTS, IN SARANAC NURSERY. READY FOR FIELD C. R. Pettis, Photo. GENERAL VIEW SARANAC NURSERY. FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. I 43 In addition to the field planting done with stock from our own nur-series, 500,000 three-year old transplants were imported from Germany andset out in the Paul Smith plantations. This makes a total of 1,050,125trees planted by us on State land in the Adirondack Park last spring; wealso sold 23,900 to citizens for planting on private land, and 1,200 seed-lings for transplanting in nursery beds
. Annual report . C. R. Pettis, Photo. FOUR-YEAR OLD TRANSPLANTS, IN SARANAC NURSERY. READY FOR FIELD C. R. Pettis, Photo. GENERAL VIEW SARANAC NURSERY. FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. I 43 In addition to the field planting done with stock from our own nur-series, 500,000 three-year old transplants were imported from Germany andset out in the Paul Smith plantations. This makes a total of 1,050,125trees planted by us on State land in the Adirondack Park last spring; wealso sold 23,900 to citizens for planting on private land, and 1,200 seed-lings for transplanting in nursery beds, preparatory to final planting inthe field. These trees were sold pursuant to a law passed by the Legisla-ture of last year. Our plantations have made a fine showing. The first was made nearLake Clear Junction in 1902, consisting of about 700 acres, and the treeshave now attained a height of about eight feet. The illustrations in thisreport are from photographs of that plantation. On account of theunusual drought of the past season the plantations, especially those madein 1908 on sterile, sandy soil, have
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