AMERICA N 8 Y L V I C U L T U R E 



H. Maple. 



Hard Maple seeds ripen in September. Silver and Red Maple 

 seeds in June. It is wise to plant the seeds just when ripe. Price 

 of seeds: Acer rubruni, $3.00 per pound; Silver Maple, $1.00 per 

 pound; Sugar Maple, 80 cents per pound; European species, 4 cents 

 to 5 cents per pound. The green germ of American Maples is said 

 to die if the seeds are not planted at once. Soft Maples develop 

 the seedling in the year of the seed. For seeds to be planted in the 

 woods, the soil is prepared with the rake, and the seeds covered 

 with one-half inch of soil. Maple planted on abandoned fields on 

 Northern slopes, well watered and well drained, is likely to be 

 successful. The young seedlings are sensitive at the time, when 

 the cotyledons first appear above the ground, and a cover overhead 

 is advisable, where late frost prevails. On rocky soil in Northern 

 coves. Maple seed is often strewn on the rocks, the rain being 

 expected to wash the seeds into the crevices. Sugar Maple is more 

 exacting than Soft Maple. It does not grow so well in damp soil 

 as Soft or Red Maple. Acer negundo (Ash Leaf Maple) does well 

 in the northern prairies. Seeds ripen in fall. , 



I. Elms. 



Seeds flat, roundish, winged, the wing surrounding the seeds. 

 Seeds, ripening in June, must be planted at once, since they cannot 

 be kept in dry storage (except Slippery Elm). Germinating per- 

 centage is always small. Elms require such good soil that they 

 cannot be raised except on strong, northern, moist soil of agricul- 

 tural value. Elm seed is never planted broadcast; in suitable 

 localities, seed might be planted in patches on soil roughly prepared 

 with rake. Very little cover must be given. 



Seeds cost: Ulmus americana 22 cents per pound. Ulmus 

 campestris G cents per pound. 



J. Buckeye. 



The Asiatic species is valuable in game parks, its fruit being 

 eaten by deer and boar. The American species are poisonous (flava 

 and glabra). Seeds ripen in October, are stored without loss, but 

 can as well be planted in fall. After Weise, the seeds should be 

 planted with the navel down. First class soil (Ohio) is required, 

 or at Biltmore strong North coves at higher altitudes, where Buck- 

 eye is sometimes found in small groves. Planted in furrows on 

 abandoned fields (Biltmore), Buckeye has shown rapid progress 

 during the first year, but has since made but small shoots. Seeds 

 of the Asiatic species cost 214 cents per pound. 

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