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growth, which generally canses their death. As the plants will arrive some weeks 

 before they can be planted, importers should provide some accommodation for their 

 reception. The plants must be unpacked as soon as received, the roots moistened, 

 and then heeled into a frame, cold cellar, or shed, in which the temperature will be at 

 about the freezing point, but where they con be guarded from extreme cold and the 

 sun's rays. As a little soil will be required to put over the roots at this time, import- 

 ers should lay in a supply iu the autumn for this purpose, and keep it away from the 

 frost until needed. 



American white ash, one or two years old, and about 1 foot high, can be procured 

 for from $5 to $10 per 1,000 from the following well-known American nurserymen : 

 Robert Douglas, Waukegan, III. ; Thomas Meehan,Germantown, Pa., and the Lawrence 

 Nursery Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 



STATISTICS OF FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS, FROM THE STATE 

 CENSUS, AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. 



Areas of land and of woodland (1875). 



Acrea. 



Total area of State, 7,800 square miles, equal to 4, 992, 000 



Area in farms 3, 402, 368 



Area in lakes, rivers, and ponds 293,000 



Cities, villages, cemeteries, commons, &c 500,000 



Area in railroads (20,000) and roads (140,000) 160, 006 



Detached and non-resident lands (81,759) and reservoirs (32,367) 114, 120 



Not accounted for 472,506 



Woodland (1875). 



Counties. 



1^. 



Ezclndlng cities. 



o p. 



Total woodlands. 



^ Pi 



Barnstable . 

 Berkshire .. 



Bristol 



Dukes 



Essex 



Franklin ... 

 Hampden .. 

 Hampsbire . 

 Middlesex. . 

 Ifantucket . 

 Norfolk.... 

 Plymonth . . 



Suffolk 



"Worcester. . 



Total. 



2,783 



44 93 

 70 67 



1,468 



586 

 3, 7673 



,7c:c| 



906, 615i 



86 89 

 19 09 



18 51 

 12 42 

 Xi 36 



19 40 

 19 01 

 19 88 

 33 20 

 19 86 

 28 39 

 IC 90 



153 57 

 26 29 



22 40 



31,985 



111,689 



91, 302 



9,204 



33, 282 



74, 837 



73, 668 



62, 444 



102, 251 J 



173J 



51, 734 J 



101, 229i 



600 



186, 012i 



§220, 



2, 132, 



1, 896, 



114, 



1, 142, 



1,451, 



1,603, 



1, 241, 



3, 060, 



3. 



1, 467, 



1, 717, 



190, 



5, 227, 



Percentages. 



Of woodlands in cities to total woodlands 2. 6 



Of woodlands to tot?,! land in farms 27.3 



Of woodlands to total area of State 18. 6 



Of value of woodlands to total value of land of all kinds 18.9 



