HOW TO PLANT FOREST TREES.
Trees seldom succeed well on unbroken-up land, nor on hard subsoil. Land cultivated deeply, as for green crop, will suit forest trees. In planting, open pits larger than required for the roots, and whilst one holds the tree in position, another should fill in with fine surface soil: tread firm, more especially on dry land, and leave a hollow in the form of a basin to hold moisture round each tree, and on no account expose the roots to the ' action of the weather—let them be heeled in at once, except -those immediately required for planting. The following very desirable trees should be extensively planted near residences, and for shelter. They make rapid growth,' and are very ornamental at all seasons, and are ! also valuable trees : —Cupressus macrocarpa, | cupressus Lawsoniana, cupressus Khighfcii, pinus insignis, Scotch fir, Oorsican, fir, JNor-. way spruce, Wellingfronia gigantea.— &. Mathews.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 233, 22 August 1873, Page 3
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149HOW TO PLANT FOREST TREES. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 233, 22 August 1873, Page 3
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