The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-08-20

| j. the brother TO The white elm. but Il
inhabits higher and dryer ground. As Z
shade tree it Is splendid and grows rap
idly. The wood is used for carriages
and also makes excellent fuel. Tree,
Of this kind, planted III 1861, grew to be
twelv,. inches in diameter in ten years.
They are often, however, attacked by
insects that burrow under the bark foI
the sweet sap.
HONEY LOCUST
is an admirable. hedge plant and tree
of great value. On the river bottoms
of Illinois honey locusts are found so to
100 feet high and feet thick. DR. War
der, of Ohio, thinks this tree is very val
uable on account of its rapid growth.
He sold an acre of locust fifteen years
old for $1,000. The wood is much used
for paving streets. \ locust in Omaha,
planted twelve years ago, measured 81
inches feet from the ground, and is 35
feet high. The thornles locust is best
for forests and the thorny variety for
hedges
THE CHESTNUT.
4 beautiful tree aud a favorite with
nearly every one. a lot planted in
Mount Pleasant, Ia, eleven years ago,
are now making n better return than the
same number of acres in orchard. At
Hos MoinaS cl1aSfnuf fraas four wanna oh
from the seed have borne fruit. They
should be set out 4, 900 TO the acre, and
gradually tlIinned as they increase IN
size to 800 TO the acre. They will then
be twelve feet apart A grove Of chest
nuts may be cut down at twelve or lif-
teen years of age, and in twelve years il
will he ready for another cutting. The
sprouts grow more rapidly than the orig
inal tree. The siumps should be cut
low and covered with Il thin layer of
earth. Side hills and rocky land are
best for chestnut cultivation. The
great difficulty in growing this tree is to
get it started properly. Care must be
taken TO keep the seed from rotting or
molding. The seed slonld be kept dur
ing the winter in sand dampened and
placed in n cool cellar. In tile spring
plant the chestnuts la rows three feet
apart, and drop the nuts, like potatoes,
sixinches apart, covering them with only
half an inch of soil. In the fall, before
frost, cover the young plants with a lit
ter of straw six inches deep. They
should be transpIanted when one year
old. This tree has always been consid
cred hard TO raise, hut il has been be-
cause it was not understood. Treated
in the way | have described twelve
chestnuts will raise eleven trees.
Bon ELDER.
This tree is considered a Western pro
duction, but if properly treated it will
grow in almost any state. 1t is a beau
tiful specimen of forest growth, and to
my eye the handsomest shade tree in cX
isteLce. IL will grow fifty feet high and
if planted thickly be staight. About
half the seeds are false, and not over
three iu ten will germinate, hence it
must be sown very thickly. Sow in the
fall in shallow burrows and cover only
one and n half inches deep with earth.
The young plants must be protected du-
ring the fall and winter with covering
of straw. Plant them out in the spring
four feeet apart, and they will grow the
first year ten to sixteen inches. have
seen Il nursery two years old six feet
high, and the plants one inch in dIame-
ter. Box elders, eleven years old, meas
ured thirty inches in circumference, and
were thirty feet high.
BIRCH.
OF this tree there are two kinds-the
white or European birch. The latter is
connected with the legends of our Indi-
ans, and is emplIaticalIy a tree Of rO-
nance and poetry. The birchen rod,
too, has had much to do with oar
public schools, and most of our great
men have been soundly thrashed with it
when boys. Both European and Amer
lean birch grow to large size in northern
ATTITUDES. When planted thickly the
young birch grows up very straight and
graceful. Who of us when farmer boys
have not cut brichen rod for our line
and with it raised the speckeled beauties
from their native stream. Birch makes
excellent fuel and is valuable for cabinet
work. la northern Michigan the canoe
birch grows to a Height of seventy feet.
Its bark is wiIi'e and tiie tree is highly
ornamental. Seed can always be OBJ
tanned in Wisconsin. The secd-bed
should be light sandy loan, and the seed
should be covered but lightly and well
sheltered from the sun until the plants
are two or three inches high
HICKORY.
This emblematic tree or imerica and
the -e.r.sautative of the character of
one of our greatest men, will always be
n favoriie with our people, not only on
account of its history, but its valuable
nut bearing qualities and its wood. The
shellbark is the best Tor planting, either
for wood or fruit. II planted for nuts
it should be kept in the nursery until
two OF theee years old and then trans
planted. To make it bear early, dig
under and cut the tap root as close to the
surface as possible. For timber and rapid
growth in transplanting, dig the holes
deep and, see that the tap root is put in
perfectly straight. The nuts should be
dropped four feet apart each way, and
il planted n sf1Gnd where tie trees are
to remain, the plants should be thianed
so as TO keep the branches from touch
ing.
THE OAK.
The uiosf valuable of all trees. 1t
can readily be raised from the seed,
which should be gathered in the fall.
after the aeorns drop The best month
TO gather seed is October, and it should
be planiei at once, or kept in cool
moist condition until spring. The
plants should be set out about eight feet
apart, and between the rows some up
right growing tree can be planted as
nurcaS for tha oak ThaSa latter .bo,,I1