The Minnesota Horticulturist Volume 20

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...soon become the most valuable tree, that we can plant as a farm tree. If we get too much of it we can use it for fire wood, and to repair our tools with, for the trunks of these trees make pretty tough timber. I have some trees on my place now that would make good fork handles or rake handles. That kind of timber you will always find valuable, but of course, to get such timber you must have it planted on rich soil. Mr. Wilcox: In regard to the white ash of our New England hills, I would say that the shrinkage in weight just about corresponds with the shrinkage in dimensions. A foot of ash lumber, green, weighs about five and a half pounds, and a foot of it dry, weighs within a few ounces of the same. There is practically no shrinkage in weight in the white ash, but from what I have observed, I think there is considerable variance in the green ash. OUR NATIVE SHRUBS. MISS SABA M. MANNING, LAKE CITY. Let us seek a few of the shrubs of our state in their homes, for to those who love the wild flowers, nothing is more fascinating than studying them in their native haunts. In earliest spring the Service-berry blossoms along the streams; its clustered flowers are snowy white; its leaves are coated with a fine white wool, as though to protect it from the still lingering cold. At about the same time, the Leatherwood is covered with a profusion of clear, yellow flowers, soon to be followed by the light green leaves. This shrub grows in a dense globular form. While rather rare in many parts of the state, it is common in the forest to the northward. With it, in the cool northern woods, and occasionally throughout the state, is found the Leather-Leaf, a little shrub which opens a raceme of pure white flowers, from the tiny buds formed the previous autumn. It has thick, ...