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place and keep out air and water, or tie and cover with grafting 

 wax (c fig. 18). We have found this method the very best for plums, 

 and with slight modifications it can be practiced to get branches on 

 trees at any point where wanted. It is also adapted to the graft- 

 ing of evergreens, but not quite as well as vaneer grafting, which 

 differs from it onl}' in sharpening or wedging onlj' one side of the 

 ecion to the center and cutting away a corresponding piece on the 

 stock as long as the flattened part of the scion, making it square at 

 the bottom; binding and waxing the woutid the same as in side 

 grafting, and shading with joaper bags until the parts have united. 

 I have endeavored to make the articles on grafting as plain and 

 simple as possible, and believe that after a careful study of them 

 and a few experiments almost any person may become an expert 

 grafter. We are indebted to "Farm, Stock and Home" for the cuts 

 used in illustrating the methods. 



The Abronia is a very pretty annual with long, trailing stems, 

 bearing in great abundance clusters of verbena-like flowers of great 

 fragrance. The colors are very delicate, and they remain in bloom 

 a long time. Arenaria is a wax)^ yellow and Umbellata a delicate 

 lilac with white center. The seeds are enclosed in a husky covering, 

 which must be removed before planting. 



FORESTRY AT THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. 



PROF. S. B. GREEX, ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



The subject of forestrj^ is regarded as one of the most important 

 in the course of study in the School of Agriculture. Its object is to 

 familiarize the students with the habits and value of our common 

 native trees and those introduced trees that are of special economic 

 importance. In considering trees, the points taught are their hardi- 

 ness in the various sections of this state, the locations and soils for 

 \rhich they are especiall}' adapted, their value for timber, for wind- 

 breaks and for ornamental purposes, and the methods of distin- 

 guishing and propagating them. Other phases of this subject that 

 are studied are windbreaks and groves for the prairies and the best 

 methods of forming them under the various conditions that exist 

 in this state, the past and present conditions of our timber supplies 

 and the best methods of perpetuating the logging industry in Min- 

 nesota, including the best way of dealing with the forest fire ques- 

 tion and the effect of forests on climate, including their effect on the 

 water that falls on them. 



The students are required to study the trees themselves in the 

 nursery, forest plantation and on the grounds of the Experiment 

 Station, and make several excursions to nurseries and plantings in 

 the vicinity of the school. The subject is also illustrated by charts 

 and the stereopticon. The photograph herewith reproduced was 

 taken of the class in forestry in the nursery. 



