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The Horticulturist' s Rule- Book. 



Weight and Size of Garden Seeds, continued. 





Weight of a qt. of Number of seeds 





seeds in ozs. in 1 grain. 



Tomato 



. . 11.65 k 19.44 to 25.92 





Turnip 



. . 26.02 * 29.16 







. . 4.27 16.20 







. . 17.86 3.24 to 3.88 



in 10 g. 





. . 11.65 1.36 





Welsh. Onion, Common 



18.64 19.44 





" Early White. 



. . 22.91 32.40 











3. Number of Tree-Seeds in a Pound. 





FRUIT TREES. 









About. 







12.000 







1.000 







200 







15.000 



Plum 





600 







15.000 







200.000 



FOREST TREES. 







By count. 





. Jusrlans cinerea 



15 



Black Walnut 



. Jusrlans nigra 



25 



American Horse-Cliestnut . 



. ^Esculus glabra . . , . . 



36 



Hickory (Shell-Bark) 



. . Carva alba 



78 



American Sweet Chestnut . 



. Castanea vesca 



90 



Silver-Leaved Maple .... 



. Acer clascycarpum .... 



2,421 





. Gleditschia triacanthos . 



2,496 



Black Cherry 



. Prunus serotina 



4.311 



Black Ash 



Fraxinus sambucifolia . . 



5,629 







6.337 





. Acer platanoides 



7.231 





. Acer saccharinum .... 



7,488 



Barberry 



. Berberis vulgaris .... 



8,183 



Red Cedar 



Juniperus Virgmiana . . 



8,321 



Rock Elm 





8.352 





. Fraxinus Americana. . . 



9,858 



