72 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THIRD SESSION. 



July 28th, 1904, 8:00 p.m. 

 NATIVE SHRUBS FOR ORNAMENTAL PLANTING. 



BY CHAS. A. SCOTT. 



Mr. Scott : While I cannot undertake to cover the subject ful- 

 ly as to how pine trees are grown, I hope to clear up some few 

 ideas and if I am not explicit I hope you will take advantage 

 of the opportunity to ask me questions. I may not be able to 

 answer all questions regarding pine trees or how to grow them. 

 The basis of my paper is drawn entirely from the experience we 

 have had in the sand hills. I take it that the greater number of 

 you are aware and familiar with the fact that the United States 

 goverment has set aside over 200,000 acres in the sand hill region 

 of this state for a timber reservation. 



At the present time there is very little or no timber on the 

 reserve, and our purpose is to grow the trees and plant them in 

 the sand hills and ultimately have a forest where today there 

 are no trees at all. This is the second year of our work. 



Our headquarters are on the Dismal River Forest Reserve. 

 However, we are situated on the middle Loup River near Halsej'', 

 a small town about 200 miles west of this on the B. & M. road. 



HOW PINE TREES ARE GROWN. 



BY CHAS. A. SCOTT. 



Very frequently have I been asked : "How do you grow pine 

 trees?", followed by the exclamation "you don't grow them from 

 seedl" The reply is always in the affirmative. We gather the 

 pine cones from the trees in September or October and spread 

 them out on large sheets of canvas or burlap to dry and open 

 in the sun. When it is possible we spread the cones on the sur- 

 face of large flat rocks. The time required to open the cones by 

 this method varies from two to ten days; depending upon the 



