| Show To Know the Would not every teacher and pupil like to be able to recognize the common trees at our trees as the various box honey cottonwood all these and many that are less familiar present useful Consider the straight cottonwood its flying cottony shining green its great height 75 to its rapid growth 3 to 5 feet added in height and from 1 to 3 inches in diameter in a single for is useful to learn of As we the wood of the cottonwood is light and It is and it decays rapidly in contact with the The wood has a tendency to warp in but this may be overcome by proper methods of Paper box backing for the un- parts of wagon interior woodwork and and fuel these are the products for which the wood is The increased 1 value which the tree is gaining for these coupled with the ease and rapidity with which it can be renders it one of the important species for commercial Its fuel value in some regions is it furnishes a greater amount of wood in a time than other Cottonwood is useful for protecting lands subject to A narrow belt of trees on the river side the fields from and cheeks the erosive action of the Plantations of cottonwood established on land between the river and the meadow will not only protect it from damage by wave but will also give large commercial It-is adapted for planting along since the roots do not grow into the but would strengthen the Cottonwood seeds abundantly and extends itself rapidly over newly made land along The seed ripens in May or but unless it falls on a favorable situation it quickly loses its ability to Propagation by seedlings or cuttings may readily be carried Large numbers of seedlings annually spring up on the sand bars in our where one-year-old trees for establishing a. plantation can be easily and cheaply A plantation may be established rather more cheaply by cuttings than by The cuttings should be made from 1 to 2 year old branches of vigorous Cuttings one-half an inch in from 18 to 24 inches long are of desirable size for ordinary Much larger can safely be These should set out in the spring as soon as danger from severe frost is Seedlings may be quickly and cheaply planted by a man and a boy working With a spade the man makes an opening in the ground into which the boy slips a The spade is then withdrawn and the soil about the tree firmed before the man advances for the planting of the Two-thirds of the length the and on the below the surface of the least two or three at should be there the ground panting groves on permanently moist situations the trees be set 6 to 8 feet apart each gives or trees per And similar facts about maple and sumach be would difference and a and in the worth made in the tendencies of our boys school and college 1 Green-tailed Towhee a common of the sagebrush Arctic Towhee Fine birds that sing and The green tailed towhee is a familiar bird of our sage-brush whose soft proclaims his It Avas accurately described in The green tail does not impress you in the since the tail is not the most v distinctive the burnt-orange crown is the best mark for The curious note is generally uttered when anything unusual the bird's as when you approach With elevated tail and reddish cap it As it flies above the the greenish and tail give an occasional flash in the The song is fine and has been compared with that of the In this species is little like the other towhees and more like a but the pretty chestnut cap and green coloring give it an appearance of great beauty at close The Arctic towhee has neck and chest black and mixed with belly white-flanks reddish wings and tail with extensive white white on ends of miter tail In the female the black is replaced by and markings are This is a common where it is has a pretty song and the mew of a not unlike that of catbird thickets of Salt Lake and occasionally comes about in Bountiful to pick up |
