PLAX FOR PLANTATION FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 



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give durability to the plantation. The following plan of planting is 

 proposed in the execution of the planting plan: 



Plan for special plantation. 

 (4 feet by 4 feet.) 



CLCLCLCL 

 W M W M W M W M 

 CLCLCLCL 

 W M W M W M W M 

 CLCLCLCL 

 W M W M W M W M 

 CLCLCLCL 



W M W M W M W M 

 C=Hardy Catalpa. W=Black Walnut. L=Black Locust. M=Russian Mulberry. 



Xnmber of trees per acre. 



Hardy Catalpa 680 



Black Walnut ...680 



Black Locust 680 



Russian Mulberry 680 



EXPLANATION' OF PLAN. 



The plan proposes Hardy Catalpa, Black Locust, Black Walnut, and 

 Russian Mulberry in equal proportions, planted 4 feet apart each way. 

 In the first row the Catalpa and Walnut alternate, in the second row 

 the Locust and Mulberry alternate, and this order continues through- 

 out the plantation. As the object of the plantation is, first, the pro- 

 duction of durable material for posts and poles, and, second, a forest of 

 valuable trees, it is designed that the larger proportion of the Mulberry 

 and Catalpa be removed as soon as they are large enough to be utilized. 

 When the trees begin to crowd again the Locust is to be removed, 

 ultimately leaving the Walnut as the permanent forest growth, with a 

 sufficient number of Mulberry and Catalpa to insure the requisite 

 cover. 



If impracticable to plant the entire plat in the spring of 1900, the 

 planting may be extended over two or more seasons, until the whole 

 tract is planted. 



