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jet been demonstrated. The Bromus inermis seed received from the 

 Department of Agriculture at Washington, also promises well. 



Forestry — In the fall of 1896 there was sent to W. J. Beal, Professor of 

 Botauj' and Forestry in the College, a collection of tree seeds from the 

 Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture. These seeds had 

 been collected in various portions of the United States, there being 

 many samples of each species, collected from as many sections of the 

 country. The object of the collection and planting was to determine 

 what distinctions if any could be seen in the trees as they developed, 

 between those of the same species the seeds of which came from different 

 localities. These seeds were planted in the spring of 1807 in the forestry 

 plantation near the river east of the woods east of Field No. 7. They 

 were put in between the rows of pines already started. Following is 

 the order of planting, the rows running east and west and counting 

 from the north, the enumeration of the trees in each row beginning at 

 the east. 



1. Juglans nigra, Missouri; Juglans nigra, Colorado; Juglans nigra, 

 Ohio; Juglans nigra, Kentucky. 



2. Quercus macrocarpa, Vermont; Juglans nigra. Col.; label lost; Jug- 

 lans nigra. Mo. 



3. 4, 5, 6. Bitternuts planted last year. 



7. Celtis occidentalis, Ohio; Fraxinus lanceolata, Col.; Acer negundo, 

 Col.; Fraxinus Americanus, Conn. 



8. Pines set out last year, first row. 



9. Celtis occidentalis, Ohio; the same from Ohio; the same from Okla- 

 homa; the same from Kansas. 



10. Acer negundo, Ohio; Acer negundo, Xeb,; Acer negundo, Ohio; 

 Acer negundo, Ohio. 



11. Pines, second row. 



12. Gleditschia tricanthos, Kansas; the same from Pennsylvania; the 

 same from Kentucky; the same from Ohio. 



13. Fraxinus lanceolata, Texas; the same from Kansas; the same from 

 Nebraska; the same from Illinois. 



14. Pines, third row. 



15. Celtis occidentalis, South Carolina; the same from Texas; Gledits- 

 chia tricanthos, Kentucky; Gymuocladus dioecicus, Kentucky. 



16. Acer negundo, Kansas; the same from Texas; the same from Okla- 

 lioma; the same from Illinois. 



17. Pines, fourth row. 



18. Pines, fifth row. 



19. Pines, sixth row. 



20. Fraxinus lanceolatus, Oklahoma; the same from South Dakota; 

 the same from Colorado; the same from Kentucky. 



21. Acer negundo, Iowa; Acer negundo, South Dakota; Fraxinus quad- 

 rangulata, Kentucky; Acer negundo, Colorado. 



The forestry work begun two years ago has been continued through 

 the season, the rows kept in repair, the windbreaks cultivated, vacancies 

 supplied with new trees, dead trees cut out and the forestry managed 

 according to the methods adopted at the beginning. 



