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PLAT D.—3 by 3 feet, 4,840 trees per acre. 
Php P oy ine Pes 
By Re, Bare. Br lk. 6B a6 
B Be At Be vA BSA 
Bee eis ao by CB AB 
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Bete). Bb. kB. C 
iBbawAs, = By A. B BA 
Beier ee beet | Bese 
Pee ee Be pe eee eB 
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ID] coc SoogonSs Seed 6630 Sede Cae US Oe OE DOCG EA See ae EOE ae eee iam m Rar rye 2,117 
Jeo MP HSTEDNS Bh ate SSeS CG Se i PS a eS I at Re 605 
Nebo m inp ener rene. See ono. ese e Ne ho te caecd dos. oe be 151 
S=COURIITA C844 S555 508 See So Bo CCU DISC OE Oe IE IE oe a aan aa ae ane en Lil 
11! COG bre 6 Ss 46 SS bss cigg Gos BeBe See ea ee en es 303 
aie COC Kelli MOM ae eet eae tae ep crionis Sos eee Lak eles toed ke 303 
i ANN OLicanmuare men eee ere he ee ke Se ares eet Se 303 
DOME nee ne eer eats ee eee eget ee Soe bets ae 302 
In the above scheme, in the third row from the top, reading across 
the page, and in corresponding rows throughout, A and B should 
change places, but the plat was planted as indicated in the scheme. 
In this plat the principal nurse tree is Birch, so arranged that part 
of the Birch can be retained as permanent trees. Blank spaces were 
left for the Red Cedar, Rock Pine, and Silver Fir. 
On June 30 there were living 468 Aspen, 1,153 Birch, 85 American 
Larch, 125 Catalpa, 355 Artemisia, 100 Elm, or 61 per cent of the total 
number planted. In October the plat contained 830 Birch, 395 Aspen, 
046 Artemisia, 82 White Elm, 8 Larch, 122 Catalpa, or 47 per cent of 
the total number planted. 
NOTES ON THE KANSAS PLATS. 
In the plats planted in the spring of 1897, light-demanding species 
viz, Aspen, Birch, and Artemisia, have formed three-fourths of each 
plat. The Aspen is a light-foliaged tree which does not make a dense 
shade, and is short lived. It is believed that it will afford the requisite 
protection for Pines, Spruces, Firs, and Cedars, until they become 
established. With the exception of a few Oaks, all the permanent trees 
in Plat © (that is, permanent as compared With the nurse trees, which 
are only intended to stand about ten years) are conifers. In the 
