Show PLANT BLACK WALNUT TREES particularly part adapted tor for public parks parka lav lawns along highways and other places prepared by the united state department tit Arl culture alio nit war dl demand and drew heavily upon he file black walnut timber supply tile tho condition become alarming alp ns its it was recognized that aniess there should fie be a decrease in tile cutting the merchantable trees would soon ho be gone fortunately however the war ended ende before tile the larger trees entirely disappeared now 1 11 t reaction Is setting in black walnuts are arc being planted in small numbers by many persons dai directly act in gannony lian nony with the policy advocated c ted by the united states department of agriculture A instance of planting occurred near saginaw naw midi last fall IV 4 linton president of tile the northern nut growers association procured 80 bushels of 0 walnuts from trees at tile home of george Wd wishing shing ton at mount vernon va these were shipped to saginaw and in the main distributed among the school children of the county and plan planted fed two in a hit hill on school grounds and along public roads and streets two thousand were placed in a nursery for later transplanting in one of the public parks of saginaw SagI naw naly when it became known that these nuts wore were sival available lable for planting very keen and widespread interest in them developed telephone calls for them were numerous drove for many miles to call in person since then enthusiastically attended meetings have been held in various places in the late to con consider sider the question of black walnut tree tred planting along the highways tho the suggest suggestion iod Is made that lit in view of the known differences of hardiness existing in many species cloa of native trees special care should bo be exercised to avoid extensive PlU lAtIng of nuts or trees from tile wanner portions of the country in sections where vi liera destructively low temperatures aru are occasionally casio nally experienced Dout bless the alie safest rule to observe in tile north Is to plant nuts from treen that have attained good size and W black walnut trees tree are favored for public parks park private lawns lawn and alon along 9 highways habit and as nearly na as possible in the section where rethey alicy are to be plante planted ct no hurm harm Is likely to result from transferring such trees from northern points 0 to o more southerly locations in go far rig as reaction to temperature Is con cerneil the suitability of tile the black walnut for home planting Is now being recognized as aa never before that it Is one of our most valuable american trees and that its numbers have steadily been decreasing has long been realized to ft a considerable extent tills this tree was planted on the western brair lea by the first settlers in compliance with the timber and stone net repeated repealed in the late eighties which required that trees be planted in proportion to land taken taden up from the government some planting has been going on in state sand and districts beyond the range to which the species is indigenous even now the forest service of the alie united states department of agriculture does not advise its ita planting in pure stands on land from which li income Is necessary during the lifetime of the average planter its as no returns in timber are probable under at least 35 or 40 years from the time of planting department experts reco namena that the walnut be included among tile tho species for planting lit in public parks parka on large private lawns lanns and dooryard along highways and in out of the way places on the tho farm it Is invariably the single tree planted in tile the 0 pen apart from other trees that develops into the most perfect specimen it Is tuch such trees that produce the greatest quantity of nuts usually the finest quality of kernel la Is from this source |