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Schedule F. —One-year-old Trees.— Details of Trees grown at Ruatangata Nursery, 1905-6. (Third Crop.)

Schedule F1. —Two-year-old Trees. —Details of Trees grown at Ruatangata Nursery, 1904-5. (Second Crop.)

Schedule F 2 .—Details of Trees transferred from Ruatangata Nursery to Puhipuhi Plantation, 1905-6.

Approximate Coat of Paper. Preparation, not given; printing (2,200 copies), £SO Is. 6d.|

Authority: John Maokay, Government Printer, Wellington. 1906.

Price is. 3d.

Name. Number in Seed-beds. Height in Inches. Seed Sown. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Podocarpus totara .. 250,000 Vitex lucens .. .. 60,000 I'seudo-tsuga taxifolia .. 5,000 6 9 3 Lb. 100 300 I £ s. d. 2 10 0 1 10 0 15 0 £ s. d. 625 0 0 90 0 0 6 5 0 . Even, sturdy, well-ripened I wood ; excellent results. Germinated evenly, strong plants. Remarkable growth. Average growth. Sequoia sempervirens .. 600 gigantea .. 1,000 Pittosporum crassifolium .. 1,000 Fraxinus Americanas .. '■ 500 Eucalyptus corynocalyx .. | 3,000 leucoxylon .. 25,000 margmata .. j 6,000 paniculata .. j 20,000 rostrata .. 40,000 resinifera .. j 16,000 siderophloia .. 25,000 obliqua .. 30,000 Japanese trees and shrubs 100 in variety .. .. , Totals .. .. 483,200 12 6 6 18 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 I 3 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 ; 2 o o 10 0 : o io o o 10 o o io o 0 10 0 o io o 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 I 10 0 ,0 2 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 12 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 Good strong plants. I Good crop; excellent seed. { Perfect weather favoured j seedlings. J Satisfactory. 811 18 0 I I

Name. Number in Nursery Lines. idoht- in Value TilShL Per Total Value. Remarks. incnes. Thousam , Podocarpus totara j £ s. d. £ s. d. ( Partially decimated by wire18 4 5 0 | 212 10 0 j worm; balance good proj ( gress. 4 110 0 io 0 0 I Lined .in under frames ;suc6 10 0 2 0 0 j <^mgwell. 3 2 0 0 8 0 0 Slow in growth. 18 3 10 0 10 10 0 Spendid growth. 18 2 5 0 22 10 0 Lined out, good; transferred ■ ■ from Rotorua. £ s. d. £ s. d. 50,000 18 4 5 0 212 10 0 „ dacrydioides Aleotryon excels um Phyllocladus trichomanoides Vitex lucens Pinus matitima 80,000 20,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 10,000 4 4 6 3 18 18 1 10 0 1 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 3 10 0 2 5 0 120 0 0 30 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 10 10 0 22 10 0 Totals 169,000 405 10 0

Name of Tree. i Number. ThousS. Total Value - Remarks. Remarks. Podooarpus totara.. „ dacrydioides Juglans nigra Eucalyptus corymbosa „ corynocalyx crebra leucoxylon marginata maeulata „ paniculata resinifera „ rostrata siderophloia £ s. d. ! £ s. d. 61,500 I 4 5 0 I 261 7 6 ) Making slow growth, but in a 550 j 3 0 0 : 1 13 0 |f healthy state. 550 3 0 0 . 1 13 0 Growing well. 15,200 | 1 10 0 ! 22 16 0 j) 780 [ 1 10 0 1 3 4 | 18,000 : 1 10 0 27 0 0 18,000 | 1 10 0 27 0 0 j All these trees were mossed, and 880 ' 1 10 0 16 4 are growing well, with exception 2,800 1 10 0 4 4 0 j of E. cornyoealyx and E. co17,000 1 10 0 25 10 0 rymbosa. 5,000 1 10 0 7 10 0 8,400 1 10 0 12 12 0 10,000 1 10 0 15 0 0 158,660 .. | 408 15 2 ; Totals ..