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not save a single one. I picked over the lot and sent him 

 the largest ; the smallest I transplanted myself and saved 

 more than half of them. They were re-set again, and not 

 more than one in a hundred died. In transplanting forest 

 trees, if you get seedlings, it is best to transplant them in 

 nursery rows one or two years before you transplant them 

 into the forest ; then you can make almost every one live. 



The Chairman. Perhaps the most information may be 

 drawn from Mr. Manning, by questions from the audience. 

 I would say to those who were not here during the day, in 

 explanation of Mr. Manning's remarks, that the question 

 was raised this morning, by Col. Wilson of Boston, in re- 

 gard to the time at which maple trees drop their seeds. He 

 asked those of the audience who knew what that time was 

 to raise their hands. The result was, that Mr. Manning, I 

 think, was the only man in the audience who held up his 

 hand. 



Col. WiLSOX. I saw four who held up their hands. 

 No doubt there were others who knew, but they were so 

 modest they did not want to shoAv their hands. 



The Chairman. Any question that any one has to ask 

 Mr. Manning, he would be very glad to answer. 



Mr. Manning. I would like to ask if any one can tell, 

 with any definiteness, how often a white pine will bear a crop 

 of seeds ? INIore than fifty years ago, I remember hearing my 

 grandfather say, that about once in four years you would 

 get a good crop of white-pine seeds, and then there would 

 be but very few for three years. I did not think much about 

 it at the time, but four years ago I went to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. I came home by the way of Lake Superior, and I saw 

 the w^hite pine in a great many places on that trip. I trav- 

 elled more than seven thousand miles that year and I did not 

 see a white-pine seed or cone. This year I have been almost 

 to the Black Hills, and I came home through a section of 

 the country where white pines grow, — in Michigan, Iowa and 

 "Wisconsin, — and I saw but very few white-pine seeds. Be- 

 tween those years, '79 and .'84, there was a very heavy crop 

 of white-pine seeds. The rock maple does not bear a full 

 crop every year. Last year there was a very heavy crop of 

 rock-maple seeds ; you could sweep them up by the bushel. 



