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IT has become usual in Australian forest nurseries to grow tree seedlings in lacquered tin-plate tubes about 6 in. high and 1–1½ in. diameter, which contain sufficient soil for up to two seasons' growth before final planting. A shortage of tin-plate over recent years caused a change to the cheaper and more readily available galvanized iron.
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HAWKINS, J., CAMERON, D. Effect of Galvanized Iron on Some Tree Seedlings. Nature 171, 977–978 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171977b0
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