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Details of Two-year-old Trees, sown 1916-17.

Details of Three-year-old Trees, sown 1915-16.

Trees transferred from Nursery to Plantations, &c., 1916-17.

Name of Tree. Number in Seed-beds. Number in Nursery-lines. Remarks. Pinus Laricio „ ponderosa „ radiata .175,000 146,500 24,000 Sturdy plants. Well-grown trees. Large proportion fit for plantation. Germinated this sea- ,, muricata 6,500 „ pinaster Pseudo-tsuga taxifolia 2,000 son. 18,400 Very small. Germinated this seaPicea excelsa 17,000 son ; strong trees. Strong plants. Totals .. 387,400 2,000 389 400

Name eif Tree. Number in Nursery-lines. Remarks. Pinus Laricio .. „ ponderosa ,, muricata ,, pinaster .. ,, radiata Larix leptolepis Pseudo-tsuga taxifolia 490,000 180,000 6,000 1,000 300 5,000 16,000 Majority good trees. Good class of trees. Poor. Only fair. Large trees. Very poor indeed. Will require another season in lines. Well-grown trees. Cupressus macrocarpa 4,000 Total 702,300

Whc ere sent. Where sent. Name of Tree. Number. vvne ere senT). I Naseby Plantation Pinus Laricio „ ponderosa ,, radiata 244,350 198,500 104,193 2,137 1,548 2,400 600 • Cup-ressus macrocarpa . . Eucalyptus Macarthuri Populus deltoides ,, fastigiata 533,728 Tapanui Nursery Larix europaea Cupressus macrocarpa . . Populus fastigiata 1,500 400 5,000 Pinus Laricio ,, ponderosa ,, radiata Larix europaea Cupressus macrocarpa . . Populus fastigiata „ deltoides Eucalyptus Macarthuri 6,900 Supplied to settlers 3,800 6,700 12,750 1,300 1,100 1,225 250 135 Total 27,260 587,888