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PRUNING AND TRANSPLANTING THE PINE. 



By J. P. COCKBURN, Gravenhurist, MrSKOKA. 



DURING the hottest weather in 

 July, 15th to 28th, I pruned a 

 second growth pinery, covering several 

 acres. The trees had grown three to 

 six inches through, and in some clumps 

 the inside branches V^egan to wither for 

 want of light and air. I pruned at this 

 season because I found that the wound 

 quickly and completely varnished itself 

 with the resin formed from the e vapor 

 ated turpentine. The limbs were sawn 

 off close to the seal, which makes the 

 least scar to cover over, and leaves the 

 tree clean without the usual unsightly 

 streams of half-dried turpentine, flow- 

 ing from a bleeding and ulcerating 

 wound, as when pruned out of season. 

 At the same time I transplanted 

 several young pines taking them up 

 out of dry, warm sand, and planting 



them in like soil, giving them no more 

 attention after the first watering. 

 This was done partly for the sake of 

 experiment, and partly to make shade 

 in my little apiary. 1 now find 

 all are growing finely, while those 

 transplanted in May have all 

 failed. 



The Pine will grow in any poor soil, 

 and very soon becomes a most beautiful 

 shade tree. In clumps on large grounds 

 they are very desirable. The tree 

 seems to defy the fiercest rays of the 

 hot summers, and seems to delight 

 in a dry, warm situation as well as in 

 a moist situation in a swamp. I believe 

 it can be transplanted with absolute 

 certainty during the latter part of July. 

 I shall try others of the Conifers next 

 year at the same time. 



Forest Trees From Seeds. 



We sow all our tree seeds in .spring, 

 and as the following rules are based on 

 our own experience, they apply to 

 spring sowing: — White Ash seeds ripen 

 in early October, and fall after the 

 first severe frost. They sliould be 

 mixed with moist sand and not allowed 

 to become dry before sowing. This 

 same treatment should be followed 

 with all the native Ash family, with one 

 exception,namely, tlie Green Ash, which 

 hangs on longer and will germinate if 

 sown dry ; all others will remain dor- 

 mant until the next .season, if sown dry. 

 Hard Maple seeds ripen early in Oc- 

 tober, and require the same treatment 

 as the White Ash. Soft Maple seeds 

 ripen in spring immediately before, or 



about the time that .\pple trees begin 

 to blossom. They should be sown 

 within a few days after having been 

 gathered. Elm seeds ripen in 

 spring, and they require the same 

 treatment as those of the Soft Maple. 

 Black Walnuts and all nuts with a 

 pulpy covering may be spread in thin 

 layers, say six inches deep, and cover 

 ed with sods and litter to prevent them 

 dying during the winter, in which case 

 the pulpy covering will be easily dis- 

 posed of in spring. Other Nuts and 

 Acorns, together with .seeds of the 

 Tulip Tree and Basswood, are more 

 safely treated as recommended for Ash 

 and Hard Maple seeds. Catalpa and 

 Ailanthus seeds are kept dry during 

 winter, and sown rather late in spring. 



