HAND-BOOK 



OF 



TREE-PLANTING; 



OR, 



WHY TO PLANT, 

 WHERE TO PLANT, 

 WHAT TO PLANT, 

 HOW TO PLANT. 



BY 



NATHANIEL H. EGLESTON, 



CHIEF OF FORESTRY DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON. 



Ye may be aye stickin' in a tree, Jock ; 

 it will be growin' when ye're sleepin'." 

 Scotch Farmer. 



NEW YORK: 

 D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 



I, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. ^ 1 



SI n t I ' 



1884. 



