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be used. In the class of nut-bearing trees, "White walnut, Black walnut, 

 and oak may be started from seed where wanted to remain. Plantations of 

 ash, maple, Black cherry, or any other forest tree, may be started from seeds 

 where they are to stand permanently, but they cannot be entered for pre- 

 mium until the close of the second year's growth. 



4th. All trees, seeds, and cuttings must be planted in permanent timber 

 plantations or belts, in the spring, except where parties fail to get a 

 sufficient stand they may replant the next year. The plantation must 

 not be made at a greater distance than four feet each way ; when counted 

 there must be at least two thousand trees to each acre. The plantations 

 competing for a premium must be on one farm, but need not be contiguous. 



5th. The competitor must have his trees counted by two disinterested 

 witnesses between the 15th of September and the 10th of October, counting 

 only those that are alive at that time. After counting, competitor must 

 make affidavit before a justice of the peace or notary public, as to the fol- 

 lowing facts : 



A. Whole number of trees in permanent grove, planted in spring of the 

 current year and now alive ; or if it is a replanted grove, planted in the pre- 

 vious year, state the fact. 



B. Name and number of each kind planted. 



C. How planted. 



D. How cultivated. 



E. Cost of plantation. 



F. Average size of each species of tree. 



The parties who counted the trees must append their affidavit as to the 

 correctness of the count. The officer who administers the affidavit shall cer- 

 tify to the identity and credibility of the competitor, and the parties who 

 counted the trees. 



6th. The above described affidavit to be forwarded to the Secretary of the 

 State Horticultural Society, Joseph L. Budd, Ames, Story county, Iowa, not 

 later than December 1. 



7th. Premiums will be awarded at the annual meeting of the Society, on 

 the third Tuesday in January. 



„ ,. „, C. L. WATROUS, President. 



J. L. BUDD, Secretary: 



IOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL REPORT. 



This volume of over four hundred pages, filled with valuable information 

 pertaining to the management, selection and culture of fruit, forest and or- 

 namental trees, shrubs, etc., should be in the hands of all those in the State 

 who wish to make home pleasant by the planting of trees, shrubs and 

 flowers. 



The volume is sent, postage paid, to all who become members of the Society 

 by remitting one dollar, as membership fee, to the Treasurer, H. Strohm, 

 Iowa City. 



