FOREST AND FARM SEEDS 



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FOREST TREES — Continued 



By count 



. . Abies pectinata 12,000 



Negundo aceroides 14,784 



" ' ... 19,776 



. . . 20,161 



. . . 20,540 



. . . 22,464 



. . . 22,656 



. . . 28,992 



. . . 54,359 



. . . 92,352 



Silver fir 



Box elder 



Hardy catalpa Catalpa speciosa 



Ailanthus Ailanthus glandulosus 



White pine Pinus Strobus . . 



Scarlet maple Acer rubrum . . . 



Green ash Fraxinus viridis . . 



Black locust Robinia Pseudacacia 



Red elm Ulmus fulva ... 



American white elm .... Ulmus Americana 



American mountain ash . . Pyrus Americana 108,327 



White birch Betula alba 500,000 



Figures vary greatly in different counts, the variation probably 



amounting to as much as 20 per cent. It is usually estimated that 

 white pine seeds run about 30,000 to the pound, and red cedar 20,000. 



Weights and Sizes of Seeds 

 Seedsmen' s customary weights per bushel of seeds (Edgar Brown) 



