TREES AXD FORESTRY 



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niant, only healing the broken place, and grow in spring, increasing the 

 number of willows along river or swamp. 



In the practical work of growing willows for basketry — a paying ven- 

 ture in the meadows and bottomlands of agricultural districts — cuttings arc 

 started in beds or boxes in the fall and transplanted in the spring. The 

 farmer plows a long furrow, lavs the cuttings in the furrow, then plows a 

 second furrow to close the first; makes a third for cuttings, a fourth to close 

 it, and so on, putting some 34,000 or more cuttings to the acre. (For details 

 concerning willow growing and its financial returns see Bulletins !!• and 4<>. 

 U. S. Forest Service; also Circular 14S.) 



GROWTH OF TREES FROM SPROUTS 



BHOADLEAF trees, in distinction from conifers, have the inherent 

 tendency when cut down to sprout from the stump, that is, to form 

 new buds in the cambium. As we should expect, this sprout 

 growth is unusually rapid at first, fed by the perfected root system of the 

 original tree; and trees possessing the sprouting power in large degree have 

 great economic value. A forest of basswood, catalpa, chestnut, blue gum, 

 black locust, soft maple, Russian mulberry, Osage orange or white willow 



FIG. 53. PLANTATION OF BLACK LOCUST 



This species is valuable since it thrives in plantations and has an extensive 

 range. See p. 64 



