. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1840 TREES forevi it eventually merges into tlie great body of forest trees lying on tlJe easterly side of tiie Mississippi valley. The principal trees which have come upon the Plains by this route are the common red cedar papaw half a dozen willows one cottonwood bass
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1840 TREES forevi it eventually merges into tlie great body of forest trees lying on tlJe easterly side of tiie Mississippi valley. The principal trees which have come upon the Plains by this route are the common red cedar papaw half a dozen willows one cottonwood basswood two or three elms, hackberrj mulberry three ashes wild apple four species ot hawthorns \ wild cherry choke cherr\ wild plum coffee bein hone\ locust red bud, sycamore two specie'!, of buckthorns buckeje one maple, box el ler sumach tn i species ot n iliiuts five or six hickorie luii i t u il ii u\\ 1 I lu Uech and one birch I nt i n i i t ti h i\ m tioiii the Rocky M )uiit m l i i i Ith li a in I much less impression ii| u tin tit t th 1 I uiis thin those which came tiom the e istern tortsts In this list are the bull pme the western led cedar four species of cottonwoods the buffalo berry a maple andtwobirche Although th - relatively greit if i I i sidered in re^ ii 1 i i i is danger th it I by our people in of cutting down fun t ti wherever found much o this small forest area will be destroyed It is much easiei preserve in ir of fore than to create anew. First all forest fires must be kept down. Where a ma wood adjoins the open praine fire - guards should be made so that the flres not sweep into the forest growth. The greatest d e stroyer of thi forests of tl Plains in the past has been hre as i swept over the prairies into wood land. Second it is ib solutely necessary keep out certain kinds of stock. Swme, if herded m large numbers, will inevitably destroy the trees. They prevent the growth of small trees, and ally destroy those of larger growth. Cattle, in large
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