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PLAT 9. 



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C Black Wild Cherry, (Prunus serotina). 



S Red Willow, (Salix tragilis). 



W Black Walnut, (Juglans nigra) . 



P Populus certinensis. 



E White Elm, ( Ulmus americana). 



B Box Elder, (Negundo aceroides). 



Bi White Birch, (Betula alba). 



A White Ash, (Fraxinus Americana). 



In this plat a Russian willow was used with a Russian pop- 

 lar and the box elder as nurse trees, the three species alter- 

 nating in the rows. The mixture has nothing to recommend 

 it, the willow being the poorest form in the plantation. In- 

 stead of forming a trunk, the willow branched freely from the 

 ground, growing in the form of a bush in which the diameter 

 equaled the height. It will be noticed that the ash and elm 

 which in all the plats have stood better than the remaining 

 hard woods, have made less growth in this plat than in any 

 other. This is due in large measure to the willow, which has 

 grown very rank, though not in tree form. This willow would 

 make an excellent wind-break or screen, but it is infested with 



