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whether this will become a desirable timber-tree 

 with us. The fact thus noticed may be the re- 

 sult of peculiarity of situation. It needs further 

 time and investigation to determine. It may be 

 the result of the use of bad seed. The true 

 Scotch pine, a native of the cool north, does not 

 bear seed profusely. But there is a degenerate 

 pine of this sort, growing in France and the 

 neighboring countries, which seeds freely. On 

 this account, the seed of the latter is most abun- 

 dant in the market, and the inferior tree has been 

 widely disseminated as the result. To be sure of 

 the best trees, it would be well to procure seed 

 from a better source. Seed of the genuine sort, 

 or trees, may be obtained without difficulty from 

 Riga, Russia, a source from which it will be ad- 

 vantageous to procure many kinds of trees and 

 seeds, especially for use upon the dry, cold 

 prairies of the Northwest, a region quite akin to 

 some portions of the Russian country. Genuine 

 seed may also be procured from some of our 

 own dealers.* 



The " Iowa Forestry Annual " recommended, 



* The best Scotch-pine seed is that known as Pinus syfoestris, 

 variety Rigensis. 



