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CARE AFTER PLANTING. 



In most situations to which basswood is adapted, little cultivation is 

 needed, since the heavy crowns and rapid growth of the young trees 

 will soon form dense cover, which will exclude grass and weeds and 

 furnish the proper soil conditions. Where the undergrowth is very 

 rank, however, it is necessary to clear out the weeds in order to give 

 the trees growing space. 



Cattle have an especial fondness for basswood boughs and foliage, 

 so that the young trees must be carefully protected from them. 



The plantation should be carefully guarded from fire, and should 

 be allowed to assume the character of a forest as soon as it can. 



Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., November &, 1906. 



[Cir. 63] 



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