Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . 150 feet, is on level ground and issurrounded on all sides by an old forest, mostly beech, which comes close to thefence. The coniferous plants raised here are mostly rottanne, with a few beds ofDouglas spruce. About one fourth of the area is devoted to broad-leaf plants,the greater part of which are pedunculate oak. There is no arrangement forscreening the seed beds to protect them from birds; but a stuffed hawk, perchedon a stake close by, seems to answer the same purpose to a satisfactory extent. At the Revier Ilohne, in the Hartz, temporary
Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . 150 feet, is on level ground and issurrounded on all sides by an old forest, mostly beech, which comes close to thefence. The coniferous plants raised here are mostly rottanne, with a few beds ofDouglas spruce. About one fourth of the area is devoted to broad-leaf plants,the greater part of which are pedunculate oak. There is no arrangement forscreening the seed beds to protect them from birds; but a stuffed hawk, perchedon a stake close by, seems to answer the same purpose to a satisfactory extent. At the Revier Ilohne, in the Hartz, temporary nurseries located in the centerof the planting ground are the rule. The soil, derived from granitic formations,has a natural fertility that is sufficient for the propagation of plants; but if a plotis used a second time, mineral fertilizers, of the kinds already described, areapplied, with some lime (kaik) also in a few instances. Its elevation is only forty-five feet above the sea. In both seed beds and transplant beds the rows *? * *^#.-^4 * ? T-, f^ FOREST TREE Nl•RSER^?, NEAK IRIEDRirHSRlH. NORTH ]^RUSSL\.
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