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The Two Magicians and the April Rains: April: October

Or, as suggested in the October chapter, you can, under direction of your "chief forester," raise your own seedlings, or part of them, and that will be another interesting and profitable experience. Seeds should be tested before planting. Cut or break open a number of seeds and examine the kernels. If they are withered, the seeds are unfit for planting.

Some tree seeds with thick, hard shells, such as the acorns and the nuts, will germinate freely only when they have been buried in sand out-of-doors through the winter, as directed in the October chapter, and planted as soon as they are taken from the sand.