. Schlich's manual of forestry. ills in the earth. To obviate the employment of a secondperson, an arrangement, as indicated in Fig. 70, has beenrecommended. It consists of an iron rod fixed in the groundnear the planting pit and bent at right angle over it. At itsend it has a second elastic piece of iron, so that the stem ofthe plant can be pushed between the two, and the plant heldin a suitable position. The advantages of the instrument arethat the plant can be held in a vertical position, and thatthe planter has both hands free to operate with. The methodcan be recommended only in the case
. Schlich's manual of forestry. ills in the earth. To obviate the employment of a secondperson, an arrangement, as indicated in Fig. 70, has beenrecommended. It consists of an iron rod fixed in the groundnear the planting pit and bent at right angle over it. At itsend it has a second elastic piece of iron, so that the stem ofthe plant can be pushed between the two, and the plant heldin a suitable position. The advantages of the instrument arethat the plant can be held in a vertical position, and thatthe planter has both hands free to operate with. The methodcan be recommended only in the case of large plants. For AETIFICIAL FORMATION OF WOODS. operations on a large scale it takes too much time and theplanting is too expensive. During the operation of planting, manure can be adds turf ashes prepared as shown on page method of planting is indicated in Fig. 71. The plantinghole having been made with the semi-circular spade (Fig. 55 onpage 193), a quantity of turf ashes is pressed against one side. XI CL S>1
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