RAISING TREES FROM SEED 



transplanted when a year old, and eighteen 

 inches high, and after fifteen years' growth 

 the trees were about as large as the black 

 walnut seedling, but a year ago, as they were 

 crowding more valuable trees, they had to be 

 cut down. 



The linden tree and the sycamore are also 

 healthy, of rapid growth, and are not diffi- 

 cult to raise from seed. 



The maple needs no brief to tell of its 

 merits, but should not be planted near house 

 or garden because of its dense shade. 



In tracts of woodland, under maples, about 

 the parent sweet gum tree, near sycamores, 

 ashes, birches, lindens, many wild seedlings will 

 be found, and these, if carefully lifted in the 

 early spring, transplanted to the nursery and 

 there cultivated for a year or two, will make 

 fine, strong trees. The finest seedlings are to 

 be found on low ground or along 'the banks 

 of streams, where there is moisture and pro- 

 tection of undergrowth from too strong sun. 

 We have but to study natural conditions and 



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