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PLAT A.—3 by 3 feet, 4,840 trees per acre. 
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The Artemisia, although having very fine foliage, branches freely 
from the crown, and makes a much denser shade than was supposed it 
would, from descriptions received when the cuttings were ordered. It 
is much the most vigorous grower of any plant included in these experi- 
ments, making frequently a stem 42 inches long from the cutting the 
first year and spreading 4 to 6 feet. It can not therefore be used in 
such dense planting, but has an advantage in covering so much 
ground at once. The Elm and Spruce are more shade enduring than 
the Pine, and have been so arranged as to form two-thirds of the plat 
after the nurses have been removed. In case Artemisia threatens to 
shade out the slower-growing forms, it will be cut back sufficiently 
to protect the others. The Scotch Pines were set in at the same time 
as the others, transplanted trees 10 to 15 inches high being used. 
Spaces for the White Spruce were left, and this species will be planted 
in next spring, so as to have the protection of one year’s growth of the 
remaining species. 
On June 30 a count of the living trees in the plat resulted as follows: 
2,395 Artemisia, 19 Oak, 40 Sweet Gum (set by mistake in place of 
Oak), 279 Elm, 190 Scotch Pine, the total being 68 per cent of the num- 
ber planted. Dry weather immediately following the planting was the 
cause of the poorstand. In October, at the end of the growing season, 
a count of the plat resulted as follows: 2,417 Artemisia, 163 Scoteh 
Pine, 55 Oak and Gum, 246 White Elm, or 62 per cent of the number 
planted. Jax 
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