RAISING TREES FROM SEED 



Willows are best grown from cuttings made 

 early in March or April, from eight to twelve 

 inches long. They grow so rapidly that they 

 may be planted where they are to grow. 

 Straight branches of willow, five or six feet 

 high, if cut in March and planted in a moist 

 place, will generally grow, but must, of course, 

 be staked. They need only to be thrust about 

 a foot into the ground. 



The yellow poplar is easily grown from cut- 

 tings a foot in length, taken in March or 

 April, and planted four inches deep and 

 about the same distance apart, in a shallow 

 trench of good soil. All cuttings of trees 

 should be kept moist and shaded from the 

 sun until well rooted, and generally treated 

 the same as the cuttings from shrubs. Early 

 the following spring they may be transplanted 

 to the places where they are to grow. 



Lombardy poplars send up shoots from the 

 roots, which may be severed from the root 

 by a sharp spade, and planted early in the 

 spring where they are to grow. They should 



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