ARBORICULTURE. 



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THE CATALPA IN FLORIDA. 



Mr. Herbert C. White, DeWitt, Ga., 

 writes : 



"I am mailing you leaves and pieues oi 

 wood of WhaJt. seems to be catalpa speciosa. 

 Parties in the neighborhood, in Florida,, have 

 posts 20 years old in perfect condition. Ah 

 the catalpa trees in this neighborhood seem 

 of the same kind, and the wood "lasts for- 

 ever." Some dead trees standing in a pond 

 are 70 years old, and when cut still make 

 good fence posts. I think it must be speci- 

 osa, and. 'f true, I can obtain large quanti- 

 ties of seed." 



ITie samples gTeatly resemble speciosa, 

 yet it is impossible to determine from 

 leaves and wood of young trees. 



Examine bark of older trees. If tliin 

 and scaling off, reject such trees — but if 

 thick, each vear"s addition of bark clino-- 

 ing, like ash, tulip trees, etc., it is a good 

 indication of speciosa. 



Compare seed with cuts found in Aiiiioi: 

 ICULTURE. Speciosa has a broad brusli of 

 filament at each end. In other sorts these 

 filaments are drawn to a jwint. 



The probabiliti:es are tliat these trees are 

 bignonoideis, unless planted by man within 

 fifty to sixty years, as speciosa M'-as prev- 

 io'US to the past century confined to "Wa- 

 bash Valley. 



Send samples of seed before collecting 

 any large quantity. 



So far as we are aware all \arieties of 

 catalpa have the element of durability. 



Since the organization of the National Nuit 

 Growers' Association in 1901, a rapid develop- 

 ment In the nut industry has taken place in 

 Southern territory, where the pecan finds Ito 

 most congenial surroundings. 



There is a great difference between the 

 ordinary Texas pecan, as seen in the market, 

 and the larg'e, thin-shelled, plump, finely- 

 flavored nuts of the seledted varieties now 

 being propagated for commercial planting by 

 budding and grafting. 



The sixth annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Nut Growers' Association will be held 

 ait the Jamestown Exposition, September 

 26-2S. This meeting follows that of the 

 American Promological Society, which closes 

 on the morning of the 26. 



VALUABLE BOOKS. 



BIRDS OF BU2,iAl{l) S KOOST. ONE FOR EACH 



WEEK. 

 «Y WILIJAM WATSON WOOLLEN. 



NUT NOTES. 



The timber valine of the hickory, walnut 

 and chestnut should be a sufficient warrant 

 for the planiting of these trees by farmers. 



The Santa Ana Walnut Growers' Associa- 

 tion marketed last season over a million 

 pounds of nuts, receiving $108,000 for the 

 crop. 



• In this day of prepared foods injcreasing 

 and deserved attention is being given to all 

 edible nuts as ingredients for such prepara- 

 tions. 



This is a great country with great diver- 

 sity of soil and climate, but each section has 

 one or more species of nut trees adapted to 

 the local conditions. 



Judge Woollen finds time, although a 

 Ijusy lawyer, to wnite a most useful as well 

 as interesting book on the Birds of the 

 Middle States, which he has seen visiting 

 his "Bird Paradise," which he persists in 

 iiamnng Buzzard's Eoost. 



Fifty-two of our birds are described and 

 colored plates are inserted of each— while 

 thirty-three other plates are given. 



Taking this book in hand, a child may 

 determine each bird from its description. 

 The illustrations as well as the descriptive 

 matter are excellent. One can not fail to 

 have a more exalted opinion of the birds 

 of our land from reading Judge A¥oollen's 

 new book. 



The author was one of the twenty mem- 

 bers who organized the International So- 

 ciety of Arboriculture, and has ever since 

 taken a lively interest in the work of for- 

 est planting and management — and fully 

 recognizes that neither the birds nor the 

 forests could exist for a dozen years, with 

 the other desttoyed. 



This book should be in every library 

 where nature is studied. We bespeak it a 

 large circulation. 



