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  that 
  you 
  receive 
  them 
  in, 
  don't 
  expose 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  sun 
  or 
  air, 
  

   puddle 
  every 
  tree, 
  and 
  plant 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible." 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  

   is 
  pretty 
  good 
  advice. 
  It 
  doesn't 
  cost 
  any 
  money, 
  and 
  takes 
  

   very 
  few 
  minutes, 
  to 
  puddle 
  the 
  trees- 
  and 
  it 
  saves 
  many 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  the 
  Stringfellow 
  Method 
  of 
  

   cutting 
  back 
  top 
  and 
  root 
  until 
  my 
  men 
  asked 
  me 
  if 
  I 
  didn't 
  

   want 
  to 
  transplant 
  another 
  tree 
  instead, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  grown 
  

   just 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  trees 
  on 
  which 
  I 
  took 
  great 
  pains 
  to 
  preserve 
  

   fine 
  branching 
  roots. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  The 
  last 
  thing 
  in 
  my 
  thought 
  was 
  to 
  start 
  

   a 
  discussion 
  of 
  this 
  perennial 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  tap-root, 
  but 
  I 
  should 
  

   like 
  criticism 
  of 
  this 
  little 
  circular, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  severe, 
  because 
  

   I 
  am 
  not 
  finally 
  committed 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  want 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  as 
  useful 
  

   as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Every 
  man 
  likes 
  to 
  ride 
  his 
  own 
  hobby 
  horse. 
  

   Would 
  it 
  not 
  be 
  wise 
  to 
  suggest 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  seedlings 
  

   be 
  put 
  in 
  odd 
  corners 
  ? 
  Certainly 
  the 
  hickory 
  and 
  walnut 
  are 
  

   adept 
  in 
  making 
  themselves 
  a 
  home 
  in 
  the 
  roughest 
  kind 
  of 
  land. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  that, 
  but 
  I 
  don't 
  think, 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule, 
  the 
  trees 
  do 
  well 
  when 
  stuck 
  around 
  in 
  fence 
  corners 
  and 
  

   odd 
  places. 
  To 
  be 
  sure 
  the 
  trees 
  I 
  put 
  behind 
  the 
  barn 
  or 
  pig 
  

   pen 
  have 
  grown 
  beautifully, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  I 
  thought 
  of 
  

   building 
  barns 
  and 
  pig 
  pens 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  farm 
  to 
  put 
  trees 
  behind, 
  

   but 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  set 
  in 
  fence 
  corners 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  

   places 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  done 
  very 
  well. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  experience 
  

   of 
  others 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  effect. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  My 
  experience 
  has 
  been 
  different 
  from 
  yours. 
  

   I 
  have 
  some 
  chestnut 
  and 
  walnut 
  trees, 
  on 
  an 
  unploughable 
  

   hillside 
  in 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  my 
  father's 
  farm 
  in 
  Virginia 
  which 
  I 
  

   stuck 
  there 
  ten 
  or 
  a 
  dozen 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  have 
  done 
  very 
  little 
  

   to 
  them. 
  Of 
  course 
  they 
  are 
  native. 
  They 
  have 
  thriven. 
  Nature 
  

   does 
  it 
  exactly 
  that 
  way. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  that 
  

   they 
  will 
  do 
  better 
  under 
  cultivation. 
  Of 
  course 
  they 
  may 
  

   do 
  fairly 
  well 
  in 
  odd 
  places 
  if 
  they 
  can 
  dominate 
  the 
  other 
  growth. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  A 
  man 
  could 
  take 
  a 
  pocketful 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  nuts 
  and 
  go 
  around 
  his 
  fence 
  corners 
  and 
  plant 
  a 
  few. 
  

   In 
  an 
  hour 
  he 
  can 
  plant 
  fifty, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  gets 
  one 
  to 
  grow 
  it 
  is 
  

   good 
  return 
  for 
  that 
  hour's 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  I 
  have 
  advised 
  people 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  

   nuts 
  and 
  a 
  cane 
  when 
  they 
  go 
  out 
  walking 
  and 
  occasionally 
  

   stick 
  one 
  in. 
  

  

  