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years, or until they begin to shade the ground. Here, as elsewhere, 

 careful culture will pay much better than slovenly culture, 



Mr. F. W. Dexter, of Randolph, IS". Y. — I am going in the spring 

 to that beautiful but almost treeless State of Nebraska, where I have 

 100 acre!?, the most of which I would be most glad to put into forest. 

 You speak of the ailanthus as a rapid grower. Where can I get the 

 seed, and how shall I grow it? I am also anxious to learn how to 

 treat and take care of mountain-ash seed until time to sow it ? 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — Ailanthms seed can be obtained from B. K. Bliss 

 & Son of this city, especially if applied for in autumn. The seeds 

 will grow as readily as pears, and may be sown in the same way; 

 only do not cover more than a half inch deep. Mountain-ash seed 

 may be kept mixed with sand and then placed in a cellar until ready 

 for sowing. If the mountain-ash seed are sown in the open ground, 

 the bed should be partially shaded ; if not, the young plants will be 

 burned up by the sun when they first appear. The north side of a 

 hedge, or under a screen of some kind, is the best place to raise the 

 plants. When the trees are one year old they may be set out into 

 the nursery rows. 



Mr. H. A. Weaver, of Liberty, Ohio. — What are the timber quali- 

 ties of European larch ? Will it grow large enough to be ripped into 

 boards, and will it grow as fast as yellow-willow ? 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — Larch will make first rate fence posts or rails, 

 and is very durable. It will grow large enough to be ripped into 

 boards in about thirty years. It will not grow as fast as yellow-wil- 

 low, but is a far more valuable timber, but not equal to locust. 



The Peeeless Potato. 

 Mr. E. D. Hinds, Brandon, Vt., sent some of the Peerless potata, 

 which were distributed for testing to Dr. Hexamer, Mr. Wm. S. Car- 

 penter, Mr. P. T. Quinn, Mr. P. J. Ward and Mr. J. C. Thompson. 



Adjourned. 



March 29, 1870. 



Nathan C. Ely, Esq., in the chair. 

 Early Rose as a Keeper. 

 Mr. Spencer Springsteed, Unionport, N. Y., sends a basket from 

 the bin in his cellar to show how well they have wintered. They 



