93 
The living trees were counted July 10, with the following result: 
: ‘ Number | Number | Average 
Variety. Soil and cover. of rows. | of trees. | per row. 
WMouglas spruce.2-----~----- Soil covered with sand ...----.......... 5 350 70 
MO Fee ee smstetsiaac cise <'era%s Soil covered with soil-..----.----.....-. 9 830 92 
1D YN SOO aA Se ee ree Soilicovered with loam! 2222-5-----.----- 8 310 39 
iL) OME ree eee eeee SG Anal seinG | cascade Seenasoosocaqueonge 8 600 75 
INGEN caasccdossooassollesokaokoocadssd cocdgnSbodd sss ode nescc464Es |lSsnaseseaere 2H O90) Ss2eee sees 
RockePinekese sees cake ees Soilscoveredawathiloam)2242----2----.-4- 11 75 ay, 
IDOE sancuecsasoeeubedTee Soil covered with sand...-...--.--.--.-- 10 525 52 
WD Qe eerie ein coarse Solan sand iaaccsesceccc- so Sisi--iccean 16 600 31 
LUO ooocenees S600 and looaesocddenoTdesoanococHoSboSoUnbNSdoasEcd| lseessossad JR 2000|Eeaaeeare 
IR IP acigceneeeeecaoeaeen Sollfam Gs ad eerie eyleteeter eras <i \cisiniciar alee 9 50 5 
Wahi e@nloire ness ereeee mee roe Sorlvandesandtand: loam -s-)- sete cs 5 55 | 11 
DOME ase ot ete ne emt Solleloammnandesan disease se eee a 70 | 10 
1D et eae Bea eet Soilicoverediwathiloameee-ccesoss eee 10 100 10 
DO SeAeeas oe ieasesdoe eas Soil’ covered awithisoila.-.. 5. -----/---2-- 9 50 5 
Tiviellwcdoddetce betel bentetecccadeee ee a 551 | Sone 
(Crane) Wau le eadeo aeeea se noosenead sobaes oy. 3,615 | chee 
The report of October 1, 1897, was as follows: 
Douglas Spruce, 1,230; Rock Pine, 678; Red Pine, 297; White Fir, 
246; total, 2,451. 
It will be observed that the Douglas Spruce damped off least and 
Red Pine most. 
The entire seed bed received the same care, and the 
differences resulting from different cover on the seed are too slight to 
be significant, except that the black loam from the mountain canyons 
seemed not so good as either soil or sand. 
affect the young plants in their first year. 
At the Utah station soil and sand and a mixture of these were used 
for covering the seed. In June the horticulturist of the station esti- 
mated the stand and the germination from damping off as follows: 
The seed cover could only 
Germinated. | Damped off. 
About 2 About }. 
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Oe ited | nereevetarieiie sieve 
It is probable that the seed bed was not so well watered here as at 
the Colorado station, where especial attention was given to watering 
the bed before the seedlings appeared. 
At the Kansas station a part of each kind of seed were sown broad- 
cast, and on June 30 Professor Mason reports the broadcast sowings 
