Nebraska advertiser., 1860-03-22
Miscellaneous.
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Forest Trees and their Culture.

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Al meeting of The Farmers Club
New York. Andrew S. FuIler, praeiica
horticulturist of Brooklyn, Long Island
gave a lecture on the subject Of the cia
ture of forest trees. II being a matter o
more practical importance to the dwell
ers on our great prairies than to the far
mers of Men York. however importanti
may be considered there. we are pleaset
to ccndense a portion of Il for our col
umns. Mr.. Fuller stated. That the onll
place where a complete collection o
Americas trees was 10 be found, was Il
the parks Of the city of Paris, France.
Many kinds Of valuable trees are be
coming very scarce, and be therefore re.
commended that all the choicest sorts ol
valuable iic ber trees should be planted
upon many an acre in that vicinity that i.
almost worthless for any other purpose:
than for trees. @
1t is mistaken idea that men must be
professional nurserymen to grow fores
trees. Every farmer cun grow them as
easily as he can grow corn.
He spoke of the immense advantage OF
surrounding prairie farms with belts Of
forest trees. In many cases a crop of
forest trees would be more profitable than
any other crop. d Is s1.ataI IS ta
He then gave most interesting ac-
count of the planting of forest trees upon
the estates of the Earl of Fife, in Scott
land. In some places, the trees were
planted upon the sides of hills so steep
that men were let down by ropes to do
the work. How many situations Of the
same kind in this country might be plant
ed with trees? @
He related fact given in letter by
the Sixth Earl of Haddington, which
stated that his mother caused large bodies
of forest trees to be planted; some of the
land was a drifting sand when naked,
and worthless for cultivation.
Mr. Fuller said that he had grown
seeding naples, to one year old, at an
expense of 81 a thousand. He raised
10000 seedlings upon the eighth of an
acre, and at an actual expense of SIS
His method is to sow them in beds three
foot one and one foot apart, covering the
seed only half an inch deep. The plants
must be carefully hoed. and kept clear of
weeds. The plants can be iranSplanled
at one year old TO rows four feet apart,
setting the plants two feet apart, trim
ming of the side branches and cutting off
the tap roots. At two years old, several
sorts of forest trees, thus treated, will be
twelve or fifteen feet high in rich soil
then every other tree may be removed 10
other situations. The hickory must have
the tap root cut, to render the trees fiji
for transplanting. 1t will grow much
more rapidly also, and so will several
other sorts of trees by cutting the tap
roots.
AS the trees grows in the nursery
rows, you may take them out until they
stand eight feet apart each way, which
gives $50 trees to the acre. What these
would be worth, of course, depends upon
circumstances. t...,.... ...,-
The seed of sugar maple ripen in Au-
tumn, but do not germinate until Spring.
The seeds may be sown as soon as
ripe, in beds; or mixed with moist sand
IN boxes and kept in the cellar, or Ous
doors, as freezing does not injure them.
The American elm is one of the most
ornamental trees, and of very rapid
growth. The seed ripens the first of
June, and should be sown as soon as ripe
and portion will gerninate at once, but
the most of them not until spring. a
all forest tree seeds appear to require
to be covered very lightly. They germ :.
nate best when kept con inually moist.
Where land is plenty, il is best 10 SOW
coarse seeds, such as walnuts. hickory
nuts, &c.. in single drifts, wide apart
This gives room for root pruning, which
should always be done the season before
taking them up.
II l. probable that several Of our ever
green trees can be grown for profit, as
well as ornament. Il is certain. that
many bare spots could be occupied proft-
ably with some kind of forest trees. and
their cultivation should be more thought
of by our American farmers.
This is an important subject for discus
sion at meetings of fruit growers and
farmers clubs, among the Western set
tlers. We have so frequently referred
TO this subject that nothing further need
be said to urge our friends to PLANT
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