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Table Showing Raindity of Growth. 



NAME. 



Burr Oak 



White Ash 



White Ash 



Basswootl 



Sugar Maple 



Sugar Maple 



Sugar Maple 



Butternut 



Butternut 



Butternut 



Chestnut 



Black Walnut.. 

 Black Walnut.. 



Hickory 



Box Elder 



White Ash 



Ailanthus 



Catalpa 



Butternut 



Silver Maple 



Remabks. 



Not transplanted. 



Not transplanted. 



Removed after one year. 



Not removed. 



Largest specimen. 



A large average. 



Many of this size. 



Largest tree. 



A large average. 



In old road. 



Not transplanted. 



Not transplanted. 



Transplanted. 



A large sample. 



Moved when three years old. 



Moved when three years old. 



Moved as a sucker three years ago 



Moved after three years old. 



Moved after three years old. 



Moved when one year old. 



DuraUUty of Posts set " To}) end Down.'' 



It is believed by many persons that posts set in the ground in a position the 

 reverse from which they stood while growing in the tree, will last much 

 longer than when set in the reverse position. 



I have undertaken the following experiment to determine this matter: 

 I have selected :i lot of sticks four feet long and cut the previous winter. 

 Each one of these was cut in two, and all made of even length, about twenty 

 inches. Each piece was split in two, making in all four pieces of one. Half 

 of these posts were set in sandy land and the other half in clay land. In each 

 case one piece is set in a position the reverse of the other. 



One lot of posts is placed about 50 feet northwest of the large stone placed 

 on the grounds by tlie class of 1873, the other lot is set in the northeast part 

 of the plum orchard and west of the President's barn. In each case the row 

 is double and runs from east to west. The posts in the north row all set with 

 the end up as they grow in the tree, those at the south and near them are in 

 a reversed position. 



Beginning at the east the species set are as follows, in the order below named : 

 1, beech; 2, red maple; 3, sugar maple; 4, basswood; 5, American elm; 

 G, bitternut; 7, ironwood ; 8, white ash; 9, black ash; 10, red elm; 11, white 

 oak; 12, blue ash; 13, black cherry. 



Vitality of Seeds. 



This question is often discussed and examples are given in which the seeds 

 are known or supposed to have been kept for many years without losing their 

 vitality. I have begun an experiment hoping to add something to the infor- 

 mation which we now possess on this subject. I have selected 50 seeds of each 

 of the following named species : 



Amaranthus retroflexus (a pigweed). Ambrosia artemisia?folia (ragweed), 



