. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. ELEVEN IMPORTANT WILD-DUCK FOODS. 13 germinate is unknown, but it is certain, so far as utility as duck food in concerned, that they keep in perfect condition far into the succeed- ing spring. DISTRIBUTION. Swamp privet is native from central Illinois and Tennessee, near Nashville, south to Texas and Florida (see fig. 12). PROPAGATION. Fruits of swamp privet fully ripen upon the tree. The seeds, being protected by a fibrous cover and the pulp of the berry, undoubt- edly will stand shipment for ordinary distances. Promp
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. ELEVEN IMPORTANT WILD-DUCK FOODS. 13 germinate is unknown, but it is certain, so far as utility as duck food in concerned, that they keep in perfect condition far into the succeed- ing spring. DISTRIBUTION. Swamp privet is native from central Illinois and Tennessee, near Nashville, south to Texas and Florida (see fig. 12). PROPAGATION. Fruits of swamp privet fully ripen upon the tree. The seeds, being protected by a fibrous cover and the pulp of the berry, undoubt- edly will stand shipment for ordinary distances. Prompt handling. Fig. 11.—Seedlings of swamp privet. is advisable, however, and the usual precautions against fermentation should be taken. The seeds should be sown in well-watered beds and the young plants grown to some size before setting out. Col- lected young plants and the offshoots produced by the rooting of the tips of branches of older ones may be handled like those of the water elm. EEL-GRASS. VALUE AS DUCK FOOD. Few who have written of the habits of sea brant have failed to mention its fondness for eel-grass. The relation between this spe- cies of bird and plant seems to be as close as, if not closer than, that existing between the noted fresh-water pair, the canvasback. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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