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Horse Chestnut 



2. Trees for dividing lines 



Lombard Poplar 

 Pines 



3. Trees that feed birds 



Staghorn Sumac 

 Wild Cherry 

 Mountain Ash 



4. Trees for landscape gardening 



Gray Birch 

 Arbae Vitae 

 Red Cedar 

 Hemlock 

 Spruce Pine 



So there will be plenty of sunlight, choose a spot for your nursery in a 

 clearing near the outdoor museum. The soil should be sandy so that the 

 young roots can penetrate easily and enlarge their rooting systems. Dig up 

 the young seedlings, being careful to keep all the soil around the young 

 roots so they will not wither. It is best to wrap a piece of damp cloth or 

 burlap around the roots until the trees are transferred to the nursery. 



It is best to plant the trees in rows about two feet apart as shown in the 

 diagram. If it is desired to plant the seeds themselves, you might reserve one 

 corner of the plot for that purpose. The seeds may be planted much closer 

 together because it is advisable to transplant them in rows as soon as there 

 are enough. 



COLLECTING ROCKS AND MINERALS 



That magpie instinct that urges most people to collect things and to 

 board them for their own is manifested by those who collect book match 

 covers, stamps, bottle caps, autographs and hundreds of other items. These 

 objects are the product of someone's labor and are treasured on a wholly 

 artificial base scarcity and demand. Their permanency is measured in 

 weeks or a few hundred years at the most. 



There are things worth collecting, however, that will repay the pos- 

 sessor a great deal more than the mere satisfaction of ownership, objects as 

 durable as the earth itself that man has never seen before your own eyes 

 discovered them. They become yours by right of intelligent search and dis- 

 covery, not because you had more money than the other fellow or were a 



