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Schedule B.—One-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1905-6. (Ninth Crop.)

Schedule B1. —Two-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1904-5. (Eighth Crop.)

Schedule B 2 . —Three-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1903-4. (Seventh Crop.)

Name of Tree. Number in Seed-beds. Height in Inches. Amount of Seed sown. Value peiThousand Total Value. I Remarks. Picea exeelsa Pseudo-tsuga taxifolia .. Pinus Austriaca Laricio ponderosa „ muricata Benthamiana Torreyana Jeffreyii „ Murrayana Larix Europroa 147,000 3,000 41,500 98,500 70,000 58,000 14,500 1,000 750 100 150,000 I I U 1* 34 14 3 2 14 2-5 Lb. 20 16 7 20 14 3 7 3 1 A 168" £ s. d. 10 0 1 5 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 15 0 15 0 1 5 0 10 0 £ s. d. 147 0 0 3 15 0 41 10 0 98 10 0 70 0 0 58 0 0 18 2 6 15 0 0 18 9 0 2 6 150 0 0 Excellent crop. Germinated poorly. I Good crop. Vigorous growth. Good crop. Strong plants. Very weak. Strong plants ; two-thirdi damped off. Fair crop. Fraxinus excelsior Acer pseudo-platanus Quercus pedunculata Picea sitchensis Betula alba Cotoneaster Simmondsii Pittosporum tenuifolium iEsculus hippocastanum Phormium tenax Griselinia littoralis Cerasus lauro-cerasus .. Native trees 10,000 86,000 22,000 30,500 500 1,000 2,200 75 1,000 3,000 1,000 1,000 3 8 6 I 2 3 6 6 4 2 24 1-5 4 sacks 1 sack 1 „ 7 10 3 5 2 2 2 3 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 1 0 0 15 0 10 0 1 10 0 15 0 15 0 1 10 0 1 10. 0 10 0 0 43 0 0 22 0 0 38 2 6 0 10 0 15 0 2 4 0 0 2 3 15 0 3 15 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 t Good crop. Germinated poorly. j-Strong healthy plants. Totals.. 742,625 714 7 6

Name of Tree. Number Number in in Seed-beds. Nursery Lines. Height in ™» e Inches. Tirana. Total Value. Remarks. Picea exeelsa Pseudo-tsuga taxifolia Pinus Austriaca Laricio ponderosa muricata .. ' „ halepensis Larix Europaaa Fraxinus Americanus Acer pseudo-platanus Quercus pedunculata Picea sitchensis Robinia pseudo-acaoia Catalpa speciosa 271,000 80,000 134,700 139,000 33,000 23,000 15,000 ! 338,000 21,000 £ s. d. 2 15 0 24 1 10 0 44 15 0 34 110 0 3 15 0 8 [15 0 7 115 0 10 : 1 5 0 12 115 0 14 1 10 0 15 ; 2 5 0 14 1 10 0 12 0 15 0 12 2 0 0 18 J 1 5 0 8 (: 1 10 0 18 ! 1 5 0 9 15 0 £ s. d. 1 338 15 0 120 0 0 168 7 6 208 10 0 41 5 0 28 15 0 18 15 0 422 10 0 26 5 0 92 12 6 37 2 6 267 0 0 1 17 7 0 4 0 Fair growth. Small plants. \ Splendid plants. Medium growth. t Very strong plants. Strong, even growth. Healthy plants. [ Vigorous plants. Small plants. Fair growth. .. 61!750 16,500 178,000 1,800 100 Laburnum vulgare 4,000 1,500 [750 Poor growth. Piptanthus Nepalensis .. Cotoneaster Simmondsii .. 3,500 500 4 7 6 0 12 6 I Strong plants. Totals .. 1,242,500 79,850 1,783 13 6

Name of Tree. Number in Nursery Lines. Height Value in per Total Value. Inches. Thousand. Remarks. Picea exeelsa Pseudo-tsuga taxifolia Picea sitchensis Pinus Austriaca „ ponderosa i, ponderosa, var. Benthamiana „ radiata „ strobus rigida halepensis Larix Europaja Betula alba Fraxinus excelsior Robinia pseudo-acacia Alnus glutinosa Juglans regia .. Acer saccharum Pittosporum tenuifolium 238,000 28,900 100 66,400 500 150 2,500 200 100 100 8,000 • 61,800 83,700 2,000 1,700 1,700 4,600 250 £ s. d. 8 ! 3 0 0 10 3 5 0 10 3 5 0 6 3 0 0 6 3 5 0 5 ! 3 5 0 13 ' 3 0 0 7 ' 3 0 0 8 3 0 0 8 3 0 0 15 3 0 0 14 3 0 0 17 3 0 0 18 2 5 0 13 3 0 0 11 I 4 10 0 15 3 0 0 15 3 5 0 £ s. d. 714 0 0 1 93 18 6 0 6 6 | 199 4 0 1 12 6 j 0 9 9 7 10 0 j These trees have made 0 12 0 excellent growth, and 0 6 0 , nearly the total number 0 6 0 | will he transferred to 24 0 0 plantations during the 185 8 0 coming winter. 251 2 0 4 10 0 5 2 0 7 13 0 13 16 0 0 16 8 1,510 12 6 Totals .. 500,700