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TREE-SEEDS. 



There were planted at Wilson tree-seeds as follows : 



Fall O/1870. — Ailautus, cliestnut, oak, peach, pecan, pinon. 



Sirring of 1871. — Ailantus, catalpa, elm, locust, honey-locust, silver- 

 maple, osage-orange, vv^alnut. 



All these seeds, except the pinon, (nut-pine of 'New Mexico, Finus 

 edulis,) have done remarkably well. 



Seeds of ailantus, catalpa, locust, honey-locust, and osage-orange 

 were tried at Ellis with encouraging prospects, when most of the seed- 

 ling trees were destroyed by the hail-storm of the Ist^ of June. Seeds of 

 ailantus, sown broadcast during the first week in June, came up well, 

 and the little trees came safely through the summer. 



Seeds of ailantus sown at Pond Creek resulted in a moderate growth 

 of trees, of which a large proportion survived the summer. 



The experiments witli tree-seeds, though very limited, have suf&ced 

 to show that trees may be grown from seed without irrigation, to the 

 west line of Kansas, and in all probability to the base of the mount- 

 ains. 



Cuttings of cotton-wood, Lombardy and white poplar, and white and 

 golden willow, were tried at Wilson and did well in that locality. Cut- 

 tings of cotton-wood and the willows were also tried at Ellis with a 

 measure of success. 



TRANSPLANTED TREES. 



Trials were made at Wilson of transx)lanted trees of the following 

 kinds : 



EVERGREENS. 



White pine Finus strohiis. 



Scotch j)iJi^ -P- sylvestris. 



Austrian i)ine F. Aiistriaca. 



Corsican pine F. laricio. 



Norway spruce Ahies excelsa. 



Bed cedar Juni])erus Yirginiana. 



DECIDUOUS. 



Ailantus A. glandulosa. 



Ash .Fraximis Americana, 



Box-elder Negundo aceroides, 



Catalpa G. hignonoides. 



Chestnut '. Castanea vesca. 



Cotton-wood Fopulus monilifera. 



Elm ....-_ TJlmiis Americana. 



Honey-locust Gleditschia triacanthus. 



European larch Larix Furopea. 



Linden Tilia Americana. 



Silv^er-maple Acer dasycarpum. 



Sycamore- mai)le A. pseudo-platanus. 



Osage-orange Madura aurantinea. 



Lombardy poplar Fopulus dllatata. 



White poi)lar P. alha. 



Tulip-tree Liriodendron tuUpifera. 



White willow Salix alba. 



Golden willow . Salix alba^ (var.) 



Walnut Juglans nigra. 



