THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



in the ground, some two or three inches deep, 

 with a pointed stick or crowbar, drops in a 

 nut, and presses the soil down with his foot, 

 the next year he will have a vigorous shoot; 

 the following year the tree will begin to grow, 

 and in an astonishingly short time whoever 

 has followed this practice will be rewarded by 

 a fine lot of young black walnut trees upon 

 his place. One could easily gather up and 

 plant a bagful of nuts in a forenoon. Perhaps 

 the best places for planting are along fence- 

 rows, which afford the tree in its first tender 

 years some protection from drought and 

 severe winters, as well as as from interfer- 

 ence by cattle. 



It is almost impossible to transplant a field- 

 grown black walnut and get it to live, so 

 that one gets the best results by planting the 

 nuts where the tree is to remain. 



Another symmetrical and beautiful tree, 

 also of rapid growth and free from attacks of 

 borers and insects, is the ash. Two seedling 

 ash trees, also found in my seed-bed, were 



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