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HOW TO GROW A FOREST FROM SEED 



Chester, N. H., wrote me as follows: " I and two men with 

 me spent nearly two days cutting about fifty trees and picking 

 the cones from them. We gathered two wagon loads, some 

 fifty bushels, before the cones were opened very much ; after 

 drying there were probably one lumdred bushels of cones. 



Fig. 5. One year old and two year old White Pine seedlings taken from the 

 woods. 

 The second year poor seedlings have made very little growth the second year, 

 due to insufficient light. The second year good %tt^X\ng'i, \vt\t secured from a 

 partially open space in the same forest. 



These I spread in my barn and carriage house, leaving doors 

 and windows open. I also made a floor of l)oards out of 

 doors, covering it with a large cloth which I use to cover my 



