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planted trees, hence the necessity of high cultivation. It 

 pays to give special care the first season. 



GROWTH FIGURES. Trees planted and cultivated as 

 above have made the following growth the past two years. 

 The trees were seedlings when planted in the spring of 

 1886. We have not selected the largest, but rather give 

 an average after measuring several trees in different parts 

 of the row. In the table we give elm credit for 5 feet 9 

 inches growth in two seasons, while the largest elm 

 in the row made a growth of 7 feet 11 inches; soft 

 maple 5 feet 5 inches, largest trees, 7 feet ; Russian mul- 

 berry, 5 feet 6 inches, the largest trees 6 feet 10| inches. 



PLANTED IN 1886. 



Height. 



Ash 4\ ft. 



Birch, Canoe 4J ft. 



Box Elder 5 ft. 



Black Walnut 2J ft. 



Black Locust 6J ft. 



Catalpa 5 ft. 



Elm 5J ft. 



Honey Locust 5 ft. 



Linn 3 ft. 



Soft Maple 5J ft. 



Russian Mulberry 5J ft. 



Sycamore 4J ft. 



We have presented above a list of two years' growth. 

 We will now give figures from five to ten years' growth, 



