BRITISH STATE FOREST.
— — — • i 690,000 TREES TO BE PLANTED. Considerable progress will be made this year with the Government's scheme of afforestation in the Western Highlands of Scotland. Last year 45,000 trees were planted on the estate bought in 1908, and it is officially stated that planting at Inverliver, Argyllshire, will this season extend to 150 acres. The ground was prepared last year, and the work of planting has already been begun. The area of the nursery has been .extended to five acres. Orders have bean placed with British nurseries for the following trees for hillside planting :—: — Common spruco ... 240,000 Larch 150,000 Scotch spruce 80,000 Silver fir 45.000 Sitka spruce .., ... 40,000 Douglas spruce ... 35,000 In addition 100,000 German wpruce plants have been bought.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 77, 2 April 1910, Page 13
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123BRITISH STATE FOREST. Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 77, 2 April 1910, Page 13
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