Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . f5^fRi?*< K-^t^^mi^^^ i ? >.i,f)t ? ^55. -ff:^^,>»- H. G. STE\-f:NS, )-HoTO. FOREST TREE XURSERY, AT XETTES. IN THE FRENCH VOSGES. FOREST NURSERIES AND NURSERY METHODS IN EUROPE. 209 feet wide and extend from the central walk to the side of the inclosure. Theseedlings are placed in longitudinal rows, the latter being eight inches natural soil is a rich loam, mixed with humus, to which fertilizers have beenadded each year after the removal of the plants. As a result the four-year-oldtransplants when taken up are strong, thrifty
Forest nurseries and nursery methods in Europe . f5^fRi?*< K-^t^^mi^^^ i ? >.i,f)t ? ^55. -ff:^^,>»- H. G. STE\-f:NS, )-HoTO. FOREST TREE XURSERY, AT XETTES. IN THE FRENCH VOSGES. FOREST NURSERIES AND NURSERY METHODS IN EUROPE. 209 feet wide and extend from the central walk to the side of the inclosure. Theseedlings are placed in longitudinal rows, the latter being eight inches natural soil is a rich loam, mixed with humus, to which fertilizers have beenadded each year after the removal of the plants. As a result the four-year-oldtransplants when taken up are strong, thrifty, and from fourteen to eighteeninches in height, with a well-developed root system. Owing to the moist climateof the French Vosges, the great altitude and the close proximity of the forest, it isbut seldom that the beds require any watering. In other districts of France many of the nurseries are used in part, and insome instances entirely, for the propagation of broad-leaved species. In the Forestof Roumare, near Rouen, there is a pepiiiicrc which is stocked whollv with beechand oak. The b
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