The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . to be as large as my wrist;and two of the three sprouts from a stump, at three years old, were large enough for grapestakes. 2. Though such a rapid grower, its wood is fine-grained and solid ; and when seasoned, Ibelieve will be full as lasting as the Mulberry. I have not known of any fair trial beneaththe ground. 3. It is handsome and stately; in this respect not excelled by many of the deciduoustrees. It has one quality which I scarcely know how to class, whether favorable or unfavorable:It suckers badly, and is very hard to eradi
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . to be as large as my wrist;and two of the three sprouts from a stump, at three years old, were large enough for grapestakes. 2. Though such a rapid grower, its wood is fine-grained and solid ; and when seasoned, Ibelieve will be full as lasting as the Mulberry. I have not known of any fair trial beneaththe ground. 3. It is handsome and stately; in this respect not excelled by many of the deciduoustrees. It has one quality which I scarcely know how to class, whether favorable or unfavorable:It suckers badly, and is very hard to eradicate. You cannot kill it by cutting it it ofi at the roots, and it will throw up a number of shoots around the original stem,which will make an amazing growth in one season. Cut and mangle its roots, and theywill throw out a number of new trees. I am confident that an acre of our rich prairie soils of Illinois or Iowa, planted withailanthus, at distances of three to ten feet, would in four years yield three-fourths the Design for a J^arm Mouse. 133. Design for a Farm House.
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