Bui. 285, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IX. 



Fig. 1.— A Clump of Merchantable Basswood Sprouts from a Single 

 Stump. Tennessee. 



Fiq. 2.— Three Months After a Fire, Clumps of Basswood Sprouts were 

 Practically the Only Living Vegetation. Northern Wisconsin. 



BASSWOOD, NEXT TO CHESTNUT, IS THE BEST SPROUTER. 



