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Forestry Association, that we feel that we can 

 not do better than to draw very liberally from 

 it for the benefit of our readers. 



For convenience of treatment, Dr. Warder 

 divides seeds into five classes: i. Soft seeds. 

 2. Berries and pulpy seeds. 3. Nuts and acorns. 

 4. Hard seeds. 5. Coniferous seeds. "All 

 seeds," he says, " are best gathered as soon as 

 they are ripe, or even a little before their per- 

 fect maturity/' 



Class /. Soft Seeds. 



" When any of these kinds stand over a pave- 

 ment or smooth and clean piece of ground, 

 they may be allowed to perfect their ripening 

 upon the trees, as the fallen seeds can be swept 

 up and gathered for it will not pay to pick 

 them up singly. 



" The white maple, in its favorite habitat 

 near water, may be allowed to shed its seeds, 

 which float in the stream and are collected in 

 the eddies, and may be drawn out with a rake, 

 to be dried and planted immediately. These 

 maple seeds are ready for germination as soon 



