AMERICAN SYLVICULTURE 



Root is a tap-root on k'ose soil, is fiat on sliallow or binding 

 soil, and shows great adaptability. 



Height growth marvelous! 



Age 5 years height 1.7 feet. 



Age 10 years height 12 feet. 



Age 15 j'ears height 29 feet. 



Age 20 years height 45 feet. 



Age 23 years height 53 feet. 



Diameter, twenty-three years old, from throe inches to ten 

 inches, average seven inches; number of trees per acre 350. 



Close stand required to clear from branches. 



Light and heat demands as in Picea excelsa. 



Snow and sleet throw it over, or break top shoot, the latter 

 loss being quickly replaced by side shoot taking lead. 



Game is a bad enemy. 



Use transplants three to four years old. 



li. Cliainaecyparis lawsoniana: Does splendidly in Germany 

 especially in the Eifel Movmtains at 1,500 feet elevation. 



Frost-proof; but sensitive during drought. 



Exacting like Beech, fond of limestone. 



Flat-rooted; suifers fi'om snow. 



Shade bearing in early yoiith; fond of partial shade later on; 

 always fond of side shade. 



Slow in clearing itself from side branches; forms very close 

 stands. 



Very slow growth to start with; one year one inch high; two 

 years four inclies high ; ten years eight inches high. 



Plant seed-beds broadcast, and cover them completely. Use 

 transplants four to five j'ears old. Do not plant too deep. 



Game are very bad; wood mice peel the stump, or cut the roots. 



Suffers but little from late frost because of late sprouting; 

 more subject to harm by winter frost. 



M. Juniperus virginiana: Avoid poor or wet soil. 



Seeds lie over; seedlings one to two years old are very small 

 and tender. Side shade always liked. Suffers from weeds and 

 grass. Red deer and Roe deer bite and beat it. 



Seeds kept in ditches over summer are planted in fall. 



Use yearlings and plant in holes. 



N. Thuja plicata: Desires good, fresh soil, and avoids 

 swamps. 



Top shade or side shade is well liked; do not plant in open 

 ground. 



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