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Flourishes on comparatively thin soils ; although in some sections 

 it is troubled with the borer, in some situations it does well. It is 

 of ver}' rapid growth while 3'oung, and would make a good nurse 

 tree until others could be grown. The wood is very durable. 



TiJid Americano: American Linden, or Basswood. — A much 

 finer tree than the European Linden, and although it loves a moist 

 situation it makes a fine tree in any ordinarily good soil. From 

 the bark can be made a bast equal to the finest Cuban, which is 

 so much used as a tying material. 



Salix alba: White Willow. — Also a fine tree; will do well in 

 an}' good soil ; is readily propagated by cuttings of any size, from 

 six inches to as many feet in length. The bark is rich in tannin, 

 and the wood makes a fine charcoal, excellent for gunpowder and 

 fine crayons. 



Of the Pine family, nothing is so well adapted to the worn-out 

 soils of New England as Pinus Strohus, the White Pine ; and 

 nothing will so well repa^' in a few years the labor required in 

 planting and care. Usually it will make a good sized tree, avail- 

 able for fuel or for box boards, in from twent}' to twenty-five 

 years. It is easily transplanted, but a little difficult to grow from 

 seed by amateurs. There are many farms in New England where 

 there are groves of pines, and where thousands of 3"oung seedlings 

 from six inches to a foot in height can be found. If a few thou- 

 sands of these were collected each year and planted thickly in 

 nurser}' rows for one year, all that were going to die would do 

 so the first season. The following season they could be trans- 

 planted in pasture or prepared ground, four or five feet apart 

 each wa}', after which they would require but very little care and 

 would soon repa}' tlie planter in fine groves of pines. 



After one or two years a few quarts of acorns might be dibbled 

 in amongst the pines and the resulting growtli would serve as the 

 nucleus of a second crop, to succeed the pines. 



Pinus resinosa: lied Pine. — Also a fine tree for light lands ; of 

 rapid growth, fine as an ornamental tree, but not so valuable as 

 the White Pine for timber. 



Pinus rigida: the common Pitch Pine. — Valuable in places 

 where other trees will not grow, such as along the coast and in 

 other exi)osed situations. In such places it will act as a shelter 

 to the better trees that ma}' be planted afterwards. It will grow 

 readily from seed sown broadcast or in hills. 



