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It might have been still richer had I seasonably 

 known more. 



II. What I would now advise as to Locust and 

 most other trees is that the best seed be procured in 

 the Fall, or so soon as it drops from the trees ; that 

 part of it be sown in drills, two feet apart, with two 

 inches between seeds in the drills, and that the richest 

 of dry, warm garden-soil be devoted to this purpose. 

 Fill a large box with rich loam, stir four ounces of 

 seed into this, and set the box in a cool cellar where 

 frost does not enter, and here let it remain till April ; 

 then take out the seed and earth together, and sow in 

 drills as above. If some one who cuts Locust during 

 the Winter or Spring will allow you to trace the 

 smaller surface-roots from the new-made stumps and 

 cut or dig them up, cut fifty or a hundred pieces of 

 root the size of your linger each two feet long, and 

 plant these, about May 1, in the places where you 

 want Locusts to come forward most rapidly. Some 

 of them may not grow, but I think many will ; and } 

 from all these sources, I judge that you will obtain a 

 good supply of young trees. Let those you start from 

 the seed get two years' growth before you take them 

 up and set them where you want trees, whether in 

 your present woods, in rugged, rocky pastures, on the 

 sides of steep ravines, or around your buildings. You 

 cannot fail to obtain some trees if you follow these 

 directions. 



III. Begin early this Fall to gather Chestnuts, 

 Hickory Nuts, Walnuts, White Oak Acorns, etc., to 



