190 STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Ohio Shag-hark Hickory — {Carya sulcata). 



These are all small ami spindling, and the best of them only about eight 

 inches high. 



Box-elder, Ash-leaved 3faple — {Neg^mdo aceroides). 



All of the trees native to the neighborhood grow along the river bottoms. 

 They are small, short and crooked, the largest not exceeding one foot in diam- 

 eter. "We have some seedlings which were once transplanted when three 

 years old. 



Ailanthns. 



This is tender, diseased, and will very likely soon die down to the ground. 



Catal2)a. 



The seeds of these came from the Department of Agriculture at Washington. 

 Since writing my re^wrt the trees have twice born fruit and prove to be the 

 hardy species or variety. Since they came up and have made their present 

 growth they have passed through two of our severest winters, when the mercury 

 went 32 and 33 degrees below zero. They were once killed back a little, but 

 at present they seem healthy. The table shows that they have made a rapid 

 growth, although transplanted when they were three years old. I am much 

 pleased with these trees, which have exceeded my expectation. Since making 

 my report I have started more of them. 



lied Mm — (Ulmus fulva). 



I set a few small trees which have grown three years since that time. We 

 generally think this tree grows slowly, but these have done well. One of them 

 the past year made a growth with one of its best branches of (8|) eight and a 

 half feet. 



Silver Maples — {Acer dasycarpu7n.) 



These beat all of the above in their rate of growth. 



I am growing young trees of the Beech, European Larch, White Pine, White 

 Oak, Rock Elm, American Elm, and many other kinds of prominent trees. 

 These are all yet quite young. 



We live in a new country still abounding in forests where there is scarcely a 

 passing thought given to the future supply. With the increasing size and the 

 increasing extent and number of species on trial, my interest in the subject is 

 correspondingly on the increase. It is already one of the most interesting 

 fields of the College farm. To enable the readers to compare the figures, I 

 give the following summary in a 



