ELEVEN EMPORTANT WILD-DUCK FOODS. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
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The range (fig. 9) of the water elm (Planera aquatica) extends from 
the lower Wabash Valley in Indiana to the river bottoms of eastern 
Texas, and from western Tennessee and southeastern North Carolina 
to Florida. 
Fig. 9. — Range of water elm. 
PROPAGATION. 
Seeds of the water elm do not seem to be ripe at the time they 
usually fall; the real ripening probably occurs as they lie in the water 
beneath the parent tree. While it is difficult, therefore, to collect 
seeds in proper condition for planting, young plants of water elm 
abound and if carefully lifted and packed should stand shipment 
well. Great care must be taken to prevent the roots from drying. 
They should be embedded in balls of earth and sewed up in burlap. 
