, 1860-05-11

or out doors, as freezing does not inJure
them. Sow and treat them same as silver
maple. 1t is not so rapid a grower, and,
consequently, should not be thinned 50 OF.
ten.
The European maple deer PseudopIdtnus)
the Norway maple. deer PidHhnordss) and
several others, rpen their seeds, and should
be treated the same as the sugar nipple.
There are several varieties Of maple
which are used for ornament only; some Of
them havenot produced seeds in this country;
but the silver maple is Of such a rapid
growth it makes good stock on which to
graft these fancy varieties. The Norway
is one Of the slowest groweIs Of all, although
one Of the best for ornament; as it costs but
one cent each to work them on the silver
maple, it pays the grower to treat them IN
this manner, rnther than to wait for them to
grow upon their own roots.
The American elm Uimus 4mericdnd) is
one of the most noble ornamental trees, and
is much used in the arts, and is Of very rapid
growth.
The seeds ripen about the first of June,
and they should be sown as soon as ripe lin
fact, this rule is applicable to all forest tree
seeds); portion will germinate the same
season, but a greater portion will not until
tn follow ing spring. The seeds are very
small and delicate; they should not be COW
cred more than one half inch deep. If the
weather is dry, cover the sced.bed with some
litter, such as hay or chat, just enough to
shade the ground and keep il moist.
William Bouteher says, in his time, that
the American elm had been but lately i'm.
ported into Scotland, but that he had grated
it successfully OIL the different varieties of
the European elm.
1t would be folly for us to graft it upon
any other variety, as it is the most rapid
grower Of all. lie says, further, that he
has sold English elm for guinea each that
he had grown from seed. They were twen-
ty.four years old, eighteen inches IN dame
ter and forty feet high. Here is a sample
Of what men were doing in Britain hundred
years ago. William Forsyth, in 1850,
while urging upon the English noble
men and prOprietors of lands the import
ance Of removing their forests, says that
he hoped that Great Britain may never be
under the dangerous as well as disagreeable
necessity of trusting the safety Of her sea
men upon anything inferior in texture and
less durable than the hardy English oak.
These sentiments should be our own, only
changing American for English oak, for the
superiority Of our white and live oaks j. ac-
knowledged throughout the civilized world.
The American white oak, (Querrus ABa)
of all the native oaks, should not be neg.
lected. Its value is well known to our ship.
hull A. III. l. L
and piers in our harbors and rivers. It is
easily grown from the acorn, sown in the
tall. covered very thinly with earth, and then
covered with leaves.
The live oak (Qaereus Vysnsl will not
thrivein the Northern States.
All the varieties Of oak, chestnut, black
walnut, horse ches nat, aud sin ilaI varieties.
seem 10 p0ssess seed that contailI au element
which produces several kinds of fungi when
they are cxcluded from the air, either
in very wet or dry situations and from sew
eral experiments which we have tried with
these, we have found that they gerlninate best
where they can be kept continually moist,
but yet in contact W thatmospheric air.
We have succeeded best with these
coarse seeds or nuts, by sowing them in the
fall upon the surface of the soil, then Sitting
on earth enough TO Gil up the spaces between
the seed, leaving their upper surface even
with the soil !, then give them covering Of
two or three inches Of leaves. This mode
gives the air anopportunity Of reaching them
and they are protected from the changes Of
the atmosphere during the winter and spring
months. These varieties have long, perpen,
dicular, heshy roots, resembling small pars-
nips when young, having but very few 4.
bers, except at the lower end, and generally
considered very difficult to transplant. But
il they are root-pruned in the seed-bed one
season before transporting, they can be re-
moved with very little risk; besides il will
improve the growth very much.
This is easily done BY plowing fiirrow
alongside, turning itfrom the row, and with.
in 1--WE or six inches Of il, then pass . sharp.
thin spade under the trees, cutting off the
lower end Of the tap root six inches or more
from the surfaee, depending somewhat upon
the length and character Of the root.
When the grower has plenty of land, It Is
better to SOW the coarse seeds, such as black
walnut, hickory, ETC., in single drills; IL sown
thus they can be root-pruned with very little
difficulty, without plowing a ftirrow, BY pass.
ing spade down within three or four inches
Of The row at an angle Of f0rty.five degrees.
The different varieties Of the hickory { Car.
yal deserve special attention, and ought
to be planted extensively, as there Is no tree
that Is in greater demand from the time il is
large enough for hooppoles up to size for
timber or fire-wood. 10000 TO $4,000 hick.
ory hoop-poles can be grown upon an acre
in i've or SIX years, and when cut down the
root Will throw up another set in less time
than i took for the first crop. The question
Is, will il pay l-the proprietors Of suitable
land must answer. The hickory has always