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two years' growth. They should be set in nursery rows 

 three feet apart, the plants twelve inches apart in the 

 row, and may be budded that summer or grafted the 

 following spring, after which they will require from one 

 to three years' growth before setting in the orchard. 



Cherry, mazzard. — This is the stock used for stand- 

 ard trees. Success is much more certain if the seed is 

 planted in the fall, as it is very difficult to keep it in 

 good condition through winter. The general culture 

 should be the same as for the apple, except that the 

 plants should be budded the first summer after setting 

 in nursery rows, as grafting them is difficult and un- 

 €ertain. 



Cherry, mahaleb. — Used as stocks when dwarf 

 trees are wanted. Culture same as tne above. 



Pear. — Success will depend very largely upon having 

 a deep, rick, moist soil, as this i; essential to vigorous 

 growth. Plant and cultivate like the apple, except that 

 it generally takes two years to get them large enough 

 to set in nursery rows, and at that time they should be 

 cut back to the ground and budded (pears are seldom 

 grafted) the same summer. Every effort should be 

 made to secure a rapid and vigorous growth from the 

 first. 



Peach. — Plant three inches deep, in nursery rows 

 three feet apart, in the fall, or if delayed untii spring, 

 crack the pits and plant the kernels on^y. They should 

 be large enough to bud the first season, and may be 

 profitably set in orchards two years from planting. 



Quince . — Quinces generally produc -^ he same variety 

 from seed, but occasionally vary. The general culture, 

 and requirements of soil are the same as for the pear, 

 except that they are not budded. 



FOREST TREE SEEDS, 



Any one who has had experience, wiJ admit that for- 

 est trees grown from seed in the nursery, tranplant eas- 

 ier, grow faster, and are in every way superior to those 

 taken from the woods. The seeds we offer are all those 

 ef rapidly growing species, and of easy culture, and by 

 means of them any one can, in a few years, fumisn his 

 farm with an abundance of trees for shade or wind 

 breaks. 



Honey Lociist, {Gledetschia triacanthos).—Q-a. ac- 

 count of its rapidity of growth and the value of its tim- 

 ber for fuel, posts, furniture, &c., we regard this as one 

 of the most valuable of our native trees. It is not so 

 liable to injury by the borer as the common locust, and 

 does not sprout from the root to a greater extent than do 

 most of our forest trees. Before planting, pour boiling 

 water over the seed, and let it stand untii cool, when a 

 part of the seed will have swelled ; pick these out and 

 scald the rest again, and continue to do so until ail have 

 swollen. Without this preparation, the seed may lie 

 from one to three years in the ground without sprout- 

 ing. Take up and heal in or cover the plants in the 

 fall, and set out the next spring. After the first season, 

 they are perfectly hardy. 



Black Locust, {Robinia pseudacacia). — This tree 

 grows so rapidly that railroad ties may be cut ten years 

 from the planting of the seed, while the durability of its 

 timber is well known, fence posts of it having stood for 

 sixty years. Culture same as the above. 



Box Elder, {Negunda aceroides). — Grows very rap- 

 idly, specimens having been known to attain a diameter 

 of six inches in seven years from the seed, and it is 

 claimed that it will produce the largest amount of fuel 

 in the shortest time of any of our hardy trees. Soak the 

 seed before planting. For timber culture, mark out as 

 «orn, and open a hole for the tree by simply setting in 

 the spade and pressing it to one side. Insert the your^ 

 tree sca.i^ press the earth Jirmly about its roots. 



Hardy Catalpa, {Catadpa speciosa). — Quite distinct 

 from, and much hardier than, the common catalpa. 

 Not only a rapidly growing timber tree, but one of the 

 best for ornamental planting. 



Soft Maple, {Acer rubrum).—^NQ\\ known as a 

 shade tree, and also extensively planted for timber. 

 Soak the seed in tepid water until sprouted, and thea 

 plant in moist earth. 



Scotch Pine, {Pinus sy Ivestr is). —Yery hardy, and 

 growing surely and rapidly on nearly every varietv of 

 soil, forming a beautiful tree, and invaluable as a wind 

 break. Prof, C. 3. Sargent says : " It is the most val*. 

 able tree farmers can plant for screens and wind breaks 

 about their fields and buildings.'' 



Norway Spruce, {Abies excelsa).—W&\i. known as 

 one of our most beautiful evergreen trees. It is hardy, 

 of rapid growth, and forms a dense, close screen, or 

 hedge. Culture ; The seeds of the evergreen trees 

 should be kept dry until planted. In planting, prepare 

 a bed four feet wide and as long as desired, raising it 

 some four inches above the general surface. It should 

 be made as fine and smooth as possible, and the seed 

 planted in drills eight inches apart across it, the seed 

 being covered one inch deep and the soil pressed firmly 

 over them. Now prepare a frame or fiames four feet 

 wide, and to these nail lath two inches apart. This 

 should be supported on stakes about eight inches above 

 the bed, in such a way as to be easily removed to allow 

 cultivation and weeding, and to shade the young 

 plants, snade being essential to their growth. 



Australian Blue Gum, or Fever Tree, {Eucaly^ 

 tus globulits).— i:\ivi, wonderful tree is now being e.Ktens- 

 ively planted in otir Southern States, and in California, 

 where it has become 

 famous for draining 

 damp soils, and de- 

 stroying malaria. Prof. 

 Bentley, in speaking 

 ot this tree fore the 

 Royal Horticultural 

 Society in London, 

 says: '' The first and 

 most important aflu- 

 ence which the tree ex- 

 erts, and that which 

 has brought it more 

 especially into notice, 

 is its power of destroy- 

 ing the malarious 

 agency which is sup- 

 posed to cause fever in 

 marshy districts, from 

 whicn circumstance it 

 has been caUed ' The 



Fever-der-troying _ , ^ oi . i 



Tree.' It is in tliis re- EucalyptuS GlobuiUS. 



spect commonly regarded as being serviceable in two 

 ways— first, by the far spreading roots of this gigantic 

 tree, acting like a sponge, as it were, and thus pumping 

 up water and draining the ground ; and secondly, by 

 emitting odorous antiseptic eminations from its leaves." 

 It is believed by many that when this tree has been ex- 

 tensively planted in the swampy and malarious districts 

 in the Southern States, that they wUl be equally as 

 healthy as any other portion of the country. 



HEDGE SEEDS. 



Osage Orange, {Madura auraniiacd).—E.O\r TO 

 Plant, Cultivate and Make a Hedge. — The Osage 

 Orange is a native of Texas, but can be grown and cul- 

 tivated advantageously in most parts of the United 

 States. The ground should be thoroughly pulverized 



