138 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



He states that the seeds were planted as soon as ripe, in rows 

 running four feet apart, in most cases where the trees are wanted to 

 remain, and kept well cultivated until autumn. In this statement 

 the height is given, also the circumference at six inches from the 

 ground, and the weight of good specimens cut off at the surface of the 

 ground. By weigliing them he ascertains to an approximate degree the 

 bulk of the wood. The following varieties are given, with the results 

 in each case : 



Burr Oak, {Quercus macrocarpa.) These when examined had 

 been growing for three years. The seeds grew only a few rods from 

 where they were planted. These trees had attained to thirty-six 

 inches in height and a girth of one inch and three quarters, and 

 weighed three and a half ounces, having never been transplanted. 



White Ash, {Fraxinus America,na) These are growing by the 

 side of the Oaks, and also were never transplanted. The seeds came 

 up evenly and quickly and grew well. At the end of the first two 

 years they were straight, clean and without a branch. When three 

 years old their height was from ninety to ninety-six inches, girth from 

 three to four and a half inches, and they weighed from sixteen to 

 twenty-two ounces. By the side of these are two rows wliich were 

 transplanted at the end of the first year, and these seem to be about a 

 year behind those not moved. At three years old these attained the 

 height of seventy-two inches, a girth of two inches and a quarter, and 

 weighed eight ounces. 



Linden or Basswood, {Tilia Americana) These are fully as 

 large as the Ashes, and were not transplanted. Their height is ninety- 

 six inches, girth from three and three-quarters to four and five-eighths 

 inches. The weight is not given. 



Sugar Maple, {Acer saccharinum) Next to the Basswood are 

 three rows of Maples also three years old. These are uneven in size, 

 many being quite small. One tree was much larger than the rest, it 

 was seventy-two inches in height, girth two inches and five-eighths. 

 The average of the next size was thirty inches in height, with a girth 

 of one inch and one-eighth, and weighed eight ounces, while many 

 were only eighteen inches high, but having the same girth of one inch 

 and one-eighth. 



Butternut, {Juglans cinerea) These are next to the Sugar Maples, 

 and are three years old. The largest of these is seventy-eight inches. 



