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rior for streets and parks. It makes a well-proportioned tree, while 
the wide-spreading crown with the abundant shade-producing foliage 
is a welcome sight anywhere. The wood is tough, so the tree is not 
easily injured by storms. Leaf-destroying insects sometimes de- 
foliate the elm, and borers occasionally attack it, but neither are 
serious pests in western Kansas. 
White elm is not quite so hardy as honey locust, but it is suitable 
for both upland and valley planting throughout nearly all of western 
Kansas, and with care will grow almost as rapidly in one situation as 
another. 
Some representative measurements are given. Owing to the fact 
that elms are so frequently large and of uncertain age when set, an 
estimate of the rate of increase is difficult, but it is thought that the 
figures fairly indicate the average. 
Growth of upland white elm. 
Time 
Average roan Number 
5 quired to 
Place. How standing.| Age. PVGIOER te: grow Linch of tees 
Se hich, |/2 diameter ae ra 
ore breasthigh. ef; 
Years. Feet. Inches. Years. 
Bloomington Nebr te eserescscesce IROWie cece 10 14 4.3 Doe 10 
PAIS Tal atta Keay Sys ey ea ere GrOviesaeseeee LOD 2.7 1.8 10 
Komnsleypp kansas eee ee reece ee TWO ocascosude 12 15 3.2 By Uf 13 
Burdette, Kans ............ See Se Groweraeee ere 12 25 8.2 1.4 16 
A) NEVA, INNO ese pooeueassoonsees PRO ee SRE eOae 4G eee eee 4.5 @35 IL 10 
Smith Center Kansan. a2 022s aa One erne 16 19 Goal 2-3 9 
Growth of valley or watered white elm. 
Time 
Average |roquired to) Number 
: quired to 
Place. How standing.| Age. a Sens Giaetee grow linch oie: 
eee | hioh in diameter Tae 
a breasthigh. : 
Years. Feet. Inches. Years. 
JACINETTXGW EVOKE Sa aabauace casadeaoe Groviersceeees 10 28 5.9 1.7 20 
St Johny Kanser ee © genres Hees (open ae 12 25 TP te 20 
Kinsley, Kans ......-...-- Re ase ae EA Oe Rae wes 14 25 Beto 1.8 35 
IPTC ba RCA IN See) sere oe eee oa eats ESC Oma ase 15 20 5.0 3.0 30 
Slip LUVENOCIE ARIS sania seeododea cee ROW eee 15 22 Uo? Dana 6 
Jetmonrewikang so. 2ee oo ese Sl Onan Gueenea 16 18 5.4 2.9 8 
BeaveriCityeNebr ass) ee eeeneee eee IS SACO Beau eae 16 23 7.9 2.0 a 
Graimiiel deka sie seein PHB KO sai ths i 20 20 7.9 | ORS 5 
PINES. 
The pines have been neglected in the selection of species for plant- 
ing largely through ignorance of their desirable qualities and suita- 
bility for western Kansas. They are not so hardy as red cedar, but 
grow more rapidly, the rate comparing favorably with that of the 
honey locust. A third of an inch in diameter and 14 feet in height is 
not an uncommon annual growth. Pines are excellent for shelterbelts, 
[Cir, 161.] 
