126 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
cypress stakes can be grown to that size in five or six years 
from seed, and they are almost as durable. Ten thousand 
cypress trees can be grown on an acre if planted in rows 
four feet apart and one foot apart in. the row, and if they 
are worth but five cents each at the end of five years, it 
will give us a return of five hundred dollars per acre; and 
allowing fifty per cent. of the amount for cost of seed and 
cultivation, we then have a fair return for the use of the 
land. The Cypress is not very particular as to soil, but it 
will grow more rapidly in moist soil than in dry, but the 
wood is not so durable as when only a moderate growth 
is obtained. I have grown them successfully on high, 
dry, gravelly soils, where scarcely any other tree would 
thrive, and I am quite certain that any one can grow their 
own stakes much cheaper than they can usually buy them. 
The young trees should be cut in spring, and the bark 
taken off; then place them where they will become sea- 
soned before they are used. Seeds can be obtained very 
cheaply at the South, and occasionally from seedsmen at 
the North. Sow in the open ground, either in spring or 
fall. The young seedling makes but few lateral roots 
the first season, consequently they should be taken up in 
the fall and carefully heeled in until spring, and then 
planted in the nursery rows. 
Tua. (Linden.) 
Trees with large, handsome foliage and soft, light wood ; 
much used when sawed into boards in sections of the 
country where it is abundant. All the species and varie: 
ties are very ornamental, and deserve especial attention 
