Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . branthes <if silver fir are used for this i)urpose. The beds containing whitepine yearlings have each a pole fixed along the center at a height of one footabove the ground. Long branches are laid against this, with their lower endsresting on the ])aths between the beds. The white pine and Norway spruce,two years old, have twigs laid between the rows. The Norway spruce, one yearold, is covered with the branches laid flat upon the bed, entirely covering it. Thelarch is left uncovered through the winter. The nursery lies almost le
Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . branthes <if silver fir are used for this i)urpose. The beds containing whitepine yearlings have each a pole fixed along the center at a height of one footabove the ground. Long branches are laid against this, with their lower endsresting on the ])aths between the beds. The white pine and Norway spruce,two years old, have twigs laid between the rows. The Norway spruce, one yearold, is covered with the branches laid flat upon the bed, entirely covering it. Thelarch is left uncovered through the winter. The nursery lies almost level. It is protected from deer by a fence of wovenwire with a round top-rail, above which are two strands of barbed wire. In itsminor details the management is the same as that at most other nurseriesin Germany. The methods prevailing in the vari(.)us nurseries as described here will give afair idea of the technique employed. Further examples might be given, but theywould offer no additional information and would involve unnecessary WERDIXG TRANSPLANT oF SCOTCH nursi:rv beloxcs to tuf; cnv (.if (.r.\i>.<i\\ , A. kNEClf] Kl . riKlTr
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