Seed Tables, 81 



Number 01 Tree Seeds in a Pound (Forest Trees), continued. 



By count, 

 American Sweet Chestnut. .Castanea vesca go 



Silver-Leaved Maple Acer dascycarpum 2,421 



Honey Locust Gleditschia'Lriacanthos . . 2,496 



Black Cherry Prunus serotina 4.j3 T i 



Black Ash Fraxinus sambucifolia . . . 5,629 



American Basswood Tilia Americana 6,337 



Norway Maple Acer platanoides 7,231 



Sugar Maple Acer saccharinum 7.488 



Berberry Berberis vuigaris 8, 183 



Red Cedar Juniperus Virginiana .... 8,321 



Rock Elm Ulmus racemosa 8, 352 



American Whita Ash Fraxinus Americana. . . . 9,858 



Osage Orange Madura aurantiaca 10,656 



Silver Fir Abies pectinata 12,000 



Box Elder Acer Negundo I 47 8 4 



Hardy Catalpa Catalpa speciosa 19, 776 



Ailantus Ailantus glandulosa 20,161 



White Pine Pinus Strobus 20, 540 



Scarlet Maple Acer rubrum 22,464 



Green Ash Fraxinus viridis 22,656 



Black Locust Robinia pseudacacia 28,992 



Red Elm Ulmus fulva 54, 359 



American Whit3 Elm Ulmus Americana 92,352 



American Mountain Ash. . .Pyrus Americana 108,327 



White Birch .Betula alba 500,000 



4. Longevity of Garden Seeds. 



Adapted from Vilmorirfs tables, 



The number denotes that the seeds had not all lost their 

 germinating power at the termination of the number of years 



recorded. 



AVERAGE EXTREME 

 Years, tears. 



Angelica T 01 2 3 



Anise 3 5 



Asparagus Bean (Dolichos sesquipedalis, L.). . 3 



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