152 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
—while instead of being a tax on the Government it is a 
source of revenue. Sixteen cents a pound pays well, being 
about the same as charged for freight by express com- 
panies. 
A package weighing one pound can be sent by mail 
from New York to Minnesota for sixteen cents, and if that 
pound be Norway or Hemlock Spruce, it will contain at 
least 20,000 seeds—enough to grow trees sufficient to sur- 
round a half dozen ordinary farms. The original cost of 
the seeds will probably be three dollars. Those who can 
not afford to purchase even this amount, could at least buy 
a twenty-five-cent package, which would produce with 
very little care more Evergreen trees than can now be 
found in many thickly settled towns in the Eastern as well 
as Western States. 
All of our largest dealers in seeds keep the most com- 
mon as well as many of the rare varieties of Evergreen 
seeds for sale, and will be happy to deliver them to you 
through the post-office free of expense of transportation. 
The most costly varieties are not always the most use 
ful, as it is scarcity, and not their intrinsic worth, that reg- 
nlates the price of seeds, as it does that of most other com- 
modities. 
The seeds of Evergreen trees and shrubs are, as with de- 
ciduous trees, of various forms and structure. Some are 
very small, as in the Arborvite, while others are large and 
nut-like, as in some of the Pines. Many are light, and 
have thin membraneous wings; these are usually widely 
jlistributed by the winds when they fall. 
Very few of the Evergreen seeds are what are usually 
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