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dacks is generally found in connection with this famous tree. But, as white pine 

 seedlings sufficient to cover the entire area could not be obtained at a satisfactory 

 price, other species would have to be used. Preference was accordingly given to 

 spruce as the next best; and, as none of the nurseries in this country or abroad 

 had done anything in the way of propagating our native spruce, recourse was had 

 to the Norway Spruce, a species which has been grown successfully in European 

 forests as a timber tree, and has also been raised extensively in American 

 nurseries for park or lawn purposes. 



The Axton nurseries, operated by the State College of Forestry, having offered 

 a stock of seedlings at a low price, an order was given at the following rates: 



50,000 White Pine transplants, 4 years old, at $6.25 

 10,000 White Pine seedlings, 2 years old, at $5 . 

 40,000 Scotch Pine transplants, 3 years old, at $4 . 

 10,000 Scotch Pine seedlings, 2 years old, at $3 . 

 50,000 Norway Spruce transplants, 3 years old, at $4 

 200,000 Norway Spruce seedlings, 2 years old, at $1.50 

 25,000 Douglas Fir seedlings, 2 years old, at $5-. 

 30.000 European Larch seedlings, 2 years old, at $2 

 5,000 Black Locust seedlings, 2 years old, at $1 







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The White Pine transplants, four years old, were from ten to twelve inches in 

 height; the seedlings, two years old, ranged from four to six inches The small 

 quantity of Larch, or Tamarack, as it is called in this country, was ordered for 

 experimental purposes, these plants being used principally where the ground 

 was low and wet ; for this species finds its habitat, as a general rule, in swampy 

 land, although at some places in the Adirondacks it has attained a thrifty growth 

 on a high, dry situation. The Locust was also ordered for experimental work. 

 The plants were hauled in wagons from Axton to the planting ground, a distance 

 of seventeen miles, at a cost of $106.50, not including the board of the men and 

 teams employed on this part of the job 



The work of setting out the little trees, together with the general management, 

 was entrusted to Abraham Knechtel, F. E., assisted by Mr. Clifford R. Pettis, F. E., 

 who attended to the alignment of the rows, acted as timekeeper, and who has 

 had charge of the plantacion since. Mr. Ernest A. Sterling, F. E., also on the 

 staff of the State Forestry Department at that time, remained at Axton, where 

 he prepared tht- plants for shipment and verified the count. The planting was 



