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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The history of the Pelargonium, S. Hibberd {Jour. Sort., 51 (1899), No. 2630, p. 

 158; 2681,p. 172). — A reprint of a lecture delivered before the Royal Horticultural 

 .Society in 1880. 



FORESTRY. 



Progress and effects of forest growing, R. W. Furnas (Forester, 

 4 (1898), No. 12, i>P- 213-218). — The object of this somewhat popular 

 paper is to show briefly what has been done and what may be done in 

 converting the naturally timberless portions of the country into tree- 

 growing regions. It is based upon the author's personal experience 

 during a residence of 43 years in what is now the State of Nebraska. 

 The early attempts at forest planting are described and the effect of 

 tree-planting legislation shown. The author states that from 1854 to 

 1890, 298,479 acres of land have been planted to forest trees in the 

 State of Nebraska. This includes seedlings, seeds, and cuttings 

 planted in permanent forests, groves, and along highways and streets. 

 Spontaneous indigenous growth is estimated to equal half as much as 

 the area planted. The different methods of planting are discussed; 

 and placing the estimate at the average distance of planting the 

 author states that the area planted, together with the spontaneous 

 increase would give a grand total of 1,005,089,757 trees for the 43 

 years. To this should be added 15,838,250 fruit trees which have been 

 planted within the State. 



The different kinds of forest trees which can be successfully aud 

 satisfactorily grown, both when planted and spontaneously growing, 

 are enumerated. The following actual measurements of tree, growths 

 of known ages were made by the author and the Hon. J. Sterling 

 Morton a few years since, showing the circumference in inches 2 ft. 

 above ground : 



Size of forest trees of knoivn age* grown in Nebraska. 



White elm 



Do 



Red elm 



Catalpa 



Soft maple 



Do 



Sycamore 



Pig hickory 



Shag-bark "hickory 

 Cottonwood 



Do 



Do 



Chestnut 



Box elder 



Do 



Honey locust 



Do 



Kentucky coffee tn 

 Bur oak 



Do 



White oak 



Red oak 



Black oak 



White ash 



Green ash 



( 'il CHIN 



I ri'iiir. 



Tears. 



15 

 24 

 24 

 20 

 18 

 18 

 16 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 11 

 25 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 22 

 22 

 14 

 22 

 20 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 



Indies. 

 24J 

 63 

 36 



4S.', 



54 : ; 



694, 

 43A 

 27J 



30" 



78J 



93 



98 



24;V 



31$ 



40J 



41* 



25 J 



36i. 



43i 



29 



37J 



38£ 



324, 



30 



Black walnut 



Do 



Do 



"White walnut 



( (sage orange 



Larch 



White pine 



Do 



Scotch pine 



Do 



Austrian pine 



Balsam fir 



Red cedar 



White cedar 



Mulberry 



Do .'. 



Russian mulberry 



Linden 



Poplar 



Silver-leaf poplar. 



Black locust 



Red willow 



Gray willow 



Yellow willow 



. Circum- 



fe ■ ferenoe. 



I in- lll'S. 



48 

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 154 

 494. 

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 24 

 36J 

 29 

 23 

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 22* 

 26 

 261 

 22 

 43 

 39| 

 24 

 35 

 12 

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