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several years the seedlings ma} 7 be cultivated as convenient. If sown 

 in 'beds scatter from three to four hundred acorns on a bed four 

 feet each way. In one year the plants may be removed and set one 

 foot apart in rows three feet from each other. 



CHESTNUT. 

 Castanea sativa, Mill., var. Americana, Watts. & Coult. 



Castanea dentata, (Marsh.) Borkh. See Britton & Brown, Vol. I, 



p. 515. 



In the Forestry Report issued by this State in 1895 the following 

 reasons are given for the cultivation of chestnut: 



"1. It will grow on almost any kind of soil, from a river flat to a 

 mountain top, although it is not at its best on limestone soils. 



"2. It grows with great rapidity. 



"3. When cut it reproduces a valuable coppice growth in a few 

 years. 



"4. Its product, wood and fruit, will always be in demand. 



"5. There will be an increasing demand for it in the future be- 

 cause of the tannin which it contains." 



The fruit matures in October, being released from the burs by the 

 first frost. The chestnuts may be sown at once, which is preferable, 

 or they may be mixed in moist sand and buried until spring. Have 

 the soil well prepared. Some sand mixed in the beds will be good. 

 Shade the seedlings during summer. Set out as the oaks, in rows 

 three feet apart and at a distance of one foot from each other in the 

 row. Alternate rows may be set with white pine, or in order to 

 afford cultivation corn might be planted in alternate rows. 



BEECH. 



Fagus ferruginea, Ait. 

 Fagus Americana, Sweet. See Britton & Brown, Vol. I, p. 514. 



The beech is a tree which should be planted in soil where its roots 

 can get plenty of moisture. The fruit is mature in October and may 

 be gathered from under the old trees. Sow in furrows six inches 

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