FOREST PLANTING. 



Allan tus ..A. glandulosa. 



Ash . . .... Fraxinus Americana. 



Box-elder .Negundo aceroides. 



Catalpa C. bignonoides. 



Chestnut .... Castanea iiesca. 



Cotton- wood Populus monilifera. 



Elm Ulmus Americana. 



H oney-locust Gleditschia triacanthus. 



European larch . Larix Europea. 



Linden Tilia Americana 



Silver-maple Acer dasycarpum. 



Sycamore-maple A.pseudo-platanus. 



Osage-o range Madura aurantiaca, 



Lombardy poplar Populus dilatata. 



White poplar P. alba. 



Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera. 



White willow SaKx alba. 



Golden willow _ Salix alba (var). 



Walnut Juglans nigra. 



The foregoing trees, whether transplanted or from seeds or cuttings, 

 have done well at Wilson, making growth equal to what is usual in 

 Eastern Missouri or Illinois. Rev. E. Gale, one of the regents of 

 Kansas State Agricultural College, examined the trees on the i8th of 

 August, and reported measurements as follows : 



FROM SEED. Ailantus, 24 to 30 inches ; catalpa, 3 to 12 inches; 

 chestnut, 4 to 12 inches ; elm, 10 to 20 inches ; locust, 36 to 48 inches ; 

 honey-locust, 16 to 24 inches ; silver-maple, 12 to 24 inches ; oak, 

 8 to 10 inches ; osage-orange, 1 2 to 30 inches ; peach, 24 to 30 inches ; 

 pecan, 4 to 9 inches ; walnut, 10 to 12 inches. 



FROM CUTTINGS. White poplar, 12 to 27 inches; Lombardy 

 poplar, 24 to 36 inches ; cotton-wood, 18 to 24 inches ; white willow, 

 24 to 36 inches. 



TRANSPLANTED. Ailantus, 48 to 60 inches; ash, 10 to 16 inches ; 



