Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . K :.hi^ HTEl IliO I O. FOREST TREK NURSERY IN THE THURINGEK WALD, XURSEKV PLANTED EXCLUSI \ i,|. V WlTil N.)R\VAV SlRUCE. AT RUKLA, SAXE-GOTIIA. FOKKST NURSERIES AND NURSERY METHODS IN EUROPE. 223 Ammnniatcd superphosphate is scattered broadcast over the beds in June,twenty grammes per square meter, preferably just before a rainfall. It may beadded a second time a month later, but usually this is not necessary. In autumnmoss is laid between the rows to keep the seedlings from heaving; if a su[)plyof moss cannot be obtained convenien
Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . K :.hi^ HTEl IliO I O. FOREST TREK NURSERY IN THE THURINGEK WALD, XURSEKV PLANTED EXCLUSI \ i,|. V WlTil N.)R\VAV SlRUCE. AT RUKLA, SAXE-GOTIIA. FOKKST NURSERIES AND NURSERY METHODS IN EUROPE. 223 Ammnniatcd superphosphate is scattered broadcast over the beds in June,twenty grammes per square meter, preferably just before a rainfall. It may beadded a second time a month later, but usually this is not necessary. In autumnmoss is laid between the rows to keep the seedlings from heaving; if a su[)plyof moss cannot be obtained conveniently, dead leaves are used for the samel)urpose. This covering is removed the next spring, as soon as the danger Iromfrost is over. vSeedlings are transplanted when one year old, as they grow better tlian in the seed bed until they are two years old, and the transplanting i:; Ijssexpensive. The seedlings are put into water when lifted from the seed bed toprevent them from drying out in any degree whatever during the transfer. Theyare set out in the transplant beds two and one half inches apart and in rows fiveinc
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