THE GRBHN I N G LANDSCAPE COMPANY, MONROE, MICHIGAN 



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A Lesson in Tree Propagation 



THIS field lecture by Chas. E. Greening is given 

 in the budding field on the first budding da}^ 

 The group comprises the budders, wrappers, about a 

 dozen students from agricultural colleges, the super- 

 intendent of the budding gang, and the writer, who 

 in this instance is the talker also. Naturally, the 

 propagation of trees is the most important branch of 

 nursery work, and all employees are carefully drilled 

 in the various operations. The planting of the seed, 

 the growing of the seedling, the lining out in nursery 

 rows, the budding and grafting of pedigreed scions — 

 these are the various processes from which come the 

 trees that are sold to planters and which afterwards 

 become the fruiting orchards of the countr}^ The 

 care and experience necessary to produce trees of correct form 

 in body, the best root system, a well-developed head, a healthy 

 and rugged constitution and a standardized pedigree — all these 



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are treated at the nursery in the most thorough manner. Upon 

 the work of the experts in the nursery who take part in propaga- 

 tion depends the successful de\'elopment of American orchards. 



The Study of Conifers-- A Field Lecture to Agricultural Students in Forestry 



THIS -view shows Mr. Chas. E. Greening deliv- 

 ering a lecture at the Greening Nursery to stu- 

 dents who are taking a course in Forestry. These lec- 

 tures give a wide range of information, for the reason 

 that they are based on knowledge gained by traveling 

 in Europe where forestry has long been a c|uestion of 

 paramount importance, and on the practical ideas of 

 the writer with reference to the kinds of trees best 

 adapted for timber on different soils and in different 

 climates. In my tour abroad it was my privilege to 

 interview the greatest foresters in Europe, who gladly 

 shared with me their vast fund of information on 

 this subject, including the propagation of seedlings 

 and the management of young forests until they be- 

 come merchantable trees ; in particular did I inc[uire 

 and was freely told regarding the insect enemies of 

 forests and the proper remedies to be applied. 



Forestry studies have always interested me, and 

 I am at present engaged in formulating a working- 

 plan, applicable to American conditions, and Avhich will soon be 

 floated in the proper legislative channels. I have no doubt of its 

 success if managed on a National basis, and I have confidence 



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in my countrymen to believe they will give the project 

 their enthusiastic support when properly presented to them. In the 

 meantime I ask the reader to Fletcherize on the subject of Forestry. 



