Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-14
latter part of September and should be treated
the same as bux elder seeds.
THE HARD OR RuGAR MAPLE

Is deservedly popular. 1t is easily grown from
ouires the same treatment as soft maple. OF
the oaks and
ALL NUT-BEARING TREES,
the difficulty of procuring fresh seed and
handling and transplsnting the seedlings must
for the time make them less popular. OF
these, be sure the seed is not heated or dried.
Treat as box elder, except, for safety from
mice and gophers, do not plant till spring, and
then where the trees are to stand permanently.
The
BALM OF GILEAD,
Lombardy poplar, and the willows. though
easily grown from cuttings. are entirely worth.
less for forest planting. The
BLACK LOCUST
is good tree, but because of attacks of the
borer cannot be recommended.
THE SCOTCH PINE.
Tho difficulty of growing conifers from the
seed, the high cost of seeding, and the care re-
quired in handling, make them too much of a
luxury for the frontier. But the Scotch pine
is unequalled for hardness, and adaptability to
our soil and climate. 1t is a rapid grower, for
an evergreen of dense habit, and its planting
should be encouraged. 1t is the only first class
evergreen for our prairies, Others being more
apt to be affected by our dry summers.
THE EUROPEAN LARCH.
Is not an evergreen though cone bearing. 1t
is the most rapid growing confer, outstripping
the Scotch pine, and the wood is most durable
of all excepting the red cedar. 1t is admirably
adapted for dry, sandy locations, like the Scotch
pine. The cone bearing trees are all
propsgated from seed, but it is a nice task.
The young plants are very sensitive, and easily
killed Give them moderate shade, but air,
water plentifully evenings in dry weather,
plant them in light, clean, rich soil. In hand
ling conifers, keep the roots shaded ;the tree is
practically dead If its roots are dried. The
larch starts to grow at a low temperature and
will die if transplanted after it has commenced
growing. Handled before it buds it is easy and
safe to transplant.
The address which is most excellent practi-
cal treatise. concludes with recommendations
as to style and methods in laying out tree plan
tations, and with observations upon the uses
and beauties of forest trees.
A vote of thanks was given to MIR. HOllister
and the question of printing his address in
pamphlet form was referred To the executive
committee.
FLOWING IN TREE CUTTINGS.
Gov Marshall described what be had OBJ
served in the southwest part of the State last
season. settler who covered cottonwood cut
tings with pillow, leaving the ends sticking
out few inches. Much to his surprise the
cuttings thus planted seemed to grow we'll.
Prof Lacy, of the State university, thought
mod iica,lon of the plan followed by the
settler mentioned by Gov. Marshal Would be
uccessful, because it would leave the earth
compact about the bases of the cuttings.
Secretary Hodges, in response to a suggestie n
of the chairman, mentioned incidents of fast
tree planting in his experiences, and concluded
hat good banda could plant each 5000 to TO-
900 trees day. He did not think anything
would be gained over that by blowing in cut
tings.
SCOTCH PINE AND OAKS.
Mr.. Hollister, in answer to questions, said
he Scotch pine is nearest to Norway pine
,mong onr we'll known conifers. 1t is a hardy
resinous pine and in its native countries is
used for lumba as we use white pine For
'ucl it is like larch tamarack. He
thought it practical to grow oaks the prairies.
He would gather the acorns as they fell in the
fall, put them in the ground two or three inches
deep, and cover them with five or six inches of
,traw for the winter. He would prefer white
and burr oak. because they more useful for
timber. The second growth burr oaks make
good fence posts. Black oak is short lived
Mr.. Hodges thought the seeding oaks would
need to be shaded from excessive direct sun
heat.
EICKoRIEs AND CHEsTNUTs.
WI Wilson told of experiments with hick-
DRY and chestnut trees which were unsuc-
cessful.
Mr.. Hodges said the chestnuts formerly
growing near Rochester are now all dead. A
lew are growing in the timber ravines along the
Mississippi in Houston county.
Mr.. Wilson spoke of Seymour's book some
years ago telling of the flourishing apple and
peach orchards of St. Croix valley not tree
of which survived the winter following Sey-
chestnuts had been like that. They grew and
fourished for few years then all at once fail.
ed He thought they afiled from some pecu-
liarity of climate, but not from cold.
Mr.. Hollster wished he knew the hickory
we'll enough to defend it. He had seen them
in groves of thousands where the cold of winter
wss Just rs extreme as here and where the
storms were worse than he hsd ever experienced
here. They were Young shell-barks, in Rock
county, Wis.,, and not one in ten Thousand
failed. He thought the absence Of hickory in
this part Of the country like the absence
of red cedar, which grows from Louisiana to
the north shore of Lake Superior.
Mr. Wilson had tried hickory unsuccess.
fully.
Mr.. Hodges had failed with beeches brought
from q Wisconsin nursery. BE had heard there
were no beechss naturally growing west of
Lake Michigan.
Gen. Becker recalled tradition of beech
tree, between st. Paul and Hastings which the
Indians honored as a sacred tree.
Fletcher Williams had been told by Joe
Brown that that tree did exist, but was cut
down years ago.
Soren Listoe thought it was too cold here for
beeches.
Mr. Hodges had seen the ground white with
hickory nuts ten or twelve miles south of our
State line and had since seen hickories on Root
river and heard of few on the Zumbro-the
fsrthest north of any he knew about.
BLACK wALNUTs.
Mr.. Wilson mentioned having seen the finest
of black walnut logs brought out from the big
woods of Minnesota.
Mr.. Hodges would emphatically recommend
the walnut. But it would need protection for
few winters. And this reminded him that
certain varieties OF trees which grow on moist.
rich lands, will not tolerate alkali. Where
there is a superabundance of ashes as in low
places of some localities. tree planters will be
disappointed. When talking of cottouwoods
In this connection MIR. Hodges spoke of the
YELLOW COTTONwOoDa