The forest nursery : collection of tree seeds and propagation ofseedlings . Fi<;. -i.—White Piiif: («, b, c, d, (Icvelopnifiir ol .seedling from germiiuitii)ii to the seeond ye«ir. 16 THE FOEEST NURSEEY. rich moist soils and in very dry or poor soils. Stock raised fromseed trees growing under either of these extreme conditions usuallydoes better if placed in a soil similar to the one in which its parentsgrew, There are, however, some exceptions to this. Thus the East. Fig. 3.—Piicli Pine: o, Closed and. b. open mature cones; c. lower side of detached cone scale andseeds; d. leaf bundle. (Na
The forest nursery : collection of tree seeds and propagation ofseedlings . Fi<;. -i.—White Piiif: («, b, c, d, (Icvelopnifiir ol .seedling from germiiuitii)ii to the seeond ye«ir. 16 THE FOEEST NURSEEY. rich moist soils and in very dry or poor soils. Stock raised fromseed trees growing under either of these extreme conditions usuallydoes better if placed in a soil similar to the one in which its parentsgrew, There are, however, some exceptions to this. Thus the East. Fig. 3.—Piicli Pine: o, Closed and. b. open mature cones; c. lower side of detached cone scale andseeds; d. leaf bundle. (Natural size.) ern Larch, which grows exclusively in moist nuicky swamps, may bepropagated in loose upland soils. As a rule, plants from seed treesgrown in poor dry soils do well in rich moist soils, while plants fromseed trees grown in rich moist soils are less at home in poor drr soils. COLLECTION OF TREE SEEDS. 17 , ^^. _>i^*^ .
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