The forest nursery : collection of tree seeds and propagation ofseedlings . Oaks, Beech-es, Cherries, Ehns, andMaples arc familiarshade ^ trees scatteredover many farms in thenatural range of thespecies and are valuablefor the seed they pro-duce. Every farmer, atleast in the naturallywooded States, could,without much trouble,maintain a full collec-tion of indigenous treesplanted or allowed tospring up in fence cor-ners and waste placesfor the purpose of seedproduction. With amore general demandfor tree seeds someprofit would eventuallybe derived from such astock. HOW TO COLLECT SEEDS. Small se
The forest nursery : collection of tree seeds and propagation ofseedlings . Oaks, Beech-es, Cherries, Ehns, andMaples arc familiarshade ^ trees scatteredover many farms in thenatural range of thespecies and are valuablefor the seed they pro-duce. Every farmer, atleast in the naturallywooded States, could,without much trouble,maintain a full collec-tion of indigenous treesplanted or allowed tospring up in fence cor-ners and waste placesfor the purpose of seedproduction. With amore general demandfor tree seeds someprofit would eventuallybe derived from such astock. HOW TO COLLECT SEEDS. Small seeds (of Ashes, Ma-ples, etc.) and cones mustbe picked from the trees byhand, and are, therefore,the most difficult to col-lect. Large seeds (acorns,hickory nuts, walnuts,beechnuts, etc.) can begathered after they havefallen. Cutting down treesor lopping branches or topsto get seed is destructiveto seed trees, and shouldnot be resorted to. Tree seeds must becollected chiefly by handpicking. Certain classesof them, such as theseeds of the Oaks, Hick-ories, Walnuts, Butter-. FiG. 8.—Red Juniper (Red Cedara, Branchlets with mature berries; 5,mature seeds; c, development of seed-ling from germination to first andsecond years. (Natural size.) 24: THE FOEEST NUESEEY. nuts, Chestnuts^ and Beeches, which fall readih^ with wind and severefrosts, can be collected with less difficulty than other tree seeds, sincethey need onh^ to be gathered from the ground (PI. I and fig. 11). Thehulls of beechnuts are usuall}^ opened by successive frosts, and oftenhold the nuts for several days, during which they can be whipped orshaken from the tree and caught on sheets or blankets spread under-neath. The seeds of the Ashes, Maples, Boxelder, Cherries, Hackberries,Locusts, Elms, etc., together with all cones, should be picked from thetree by hand (see frontispiece and fig. 8). When the trees stand on smoothground. Silver Maple seed ma}^ often be secured after they have seeds are so large an
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