Seeds tint r>'j></> <"////.- .////A. /<'/<// and keeping ef Seeds. 33 



from these trees are set in the soil without roots, 

 cuttings depends much on the sea- 

 son ; it' very dry and hot, they may 

 fail, and if moist and cool, they 

 will grow. But a plant with sutli- 

 cient root in the Ix-ginning has lar 

 better chances of getting well 

 started, and when properly 

 a soil when- it can get moisture, it 

 i> almost sure to -ucceed. 



&<<{ that IHftt n in Surlily 91 



The success of 



128. The elms, willows, poplar-, 

 , . . JO. Seeds of tli- Syntnnm- Maple (Acer 



and BOIt maple- mature their Beedl pteudo-pla(anu). 



in tin; spring or early summer, and 



if not allowed to Income too dry, may be carried 



to a coii-iilerablc di-tance. but should be planted 

 as soon as may be in the same season. Thev should 

 be lightly covered, and the ground should be kept 

 moist and partly .-haded, until they take root and 

 get well sprouted. Many of i 1 - may be 



gathered from the surface of still water, as they 

 have fallen from trees along the banks. When 

 planted, they should be but thinly covered with 

 soil, and shaded from the sun. They will gen- 

 erally get well rooted the tirst year, and ready for 

 an early start in the next 



Ith 



tin- I'oiilu 

 tli.-y fall. 





1 iiiidTuftof 

 the Cotton wood. 



The Gathering ami Knjiimj of Seeds. 

 129. Tree seeds should generally be gathered as 



soon as they are ri[M-. and if not before, soon alter 

 they have fallen from the tree. They do not re- 

 tain their vitality long; but if not planted the 

 same fall, may -enerally lie kept till the next 

 spring. A- a general rule, they loose their L r .'nn- 

 inating power \\ithin a year. The mode of keep- 

 ing them over is elsewhere described in different 

 kinds of trees, and can not be generally stated, except that they 



