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TREE-SEEDS. 



There were planted at Wilson tree-seeds as follows : 



FALL OF 1870. Ailantus, chestnut, oak, peach, pecan, pifion. 



SPRING OF 1871. Ailantus, catalpa, elm, locust, honey-locust, sil- 

 ver-maple, osage -orange, walnut. 



All these seeds, except the pifion, (nut-pine of New Mexico, Pinus 

 edulis,) have done remarkably well. 



Seeds of ailantus, catalpa, locust, honey-locust and osage-orange 

 were tried at Ellis with encouraging prospects, when most of the 

 seedling trees were destroyed by the hailstorm of the 1st of June. 

 Seeds of ailantus, sown broadcast during the first week in June, came 

 up well, and the little trees came safely through the summer. 



Seeds of ailantus sown at Pond Creek resulted in a moderate 

 growth of trees, of which a large proportion survived the summer. 



The experiments with tree-seeds, though very limited, have sufficed 

 to show that trees may be grown from seed without irrigation, to the 

 west line of Kansas, and in all probability to the base of the 

 mountains. 



Cuttings of cotton-wood, Lombardy and white poplar, and white 

 and golden willow, were tried at Wilson and did well in that locality. 

 Cuttings of cotton-wood and the willows were also tried at Ellis with 

 a measure of success. 



TRANSPLANTED TREES. 



Trials were made at Wilson of transplanted trees of the following 

 kinds : 



EVERGREENS. 



White pine Pinus strobus. 



Scotch pine P. sylvestris. 



Austrian pine P. Austriaca. 



Corsican pine P. Laricio. 



Norway spruce Abies excelsa. 



Red cedar Juniperus Virginiana. 



