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ground and partially boxed. Before 

 shipping- we completed the boxing of the 

 top. This palm stood with the box a 

 trifle over sixty feet high. The ball was 

 sixteen feet square and about seven feet 

 deep. This, in turn, was laid on its side 

 by house movers. These two palms 

 were then taken and put on separate cars 

 —the larger one taking two cars — and 

 sent to Santa Cruz. 



A temporary spur track was run from 

 the railroad into the lot and right into 

 the hole prepared to receive the palm, 

 so that, when the car came to rest, it 

 stood at an angle of about 45 degrees, 

 making it much easier to raise and set 

 the palm in place. 



I am pleased to report that these 

 palms were planted at Santa Cruz, and 

 are now entirely out of danger, and do 

 not look as though they had been moved, 

 for they have both made fresh roots and 

 new leaves, and the larger one is now 

 throwing out fruit pods. The fruit is 

 very similar, only in bio; bunches like 



bananas, to a miniature cocoanut. These 

 palms weighed forty and fifty tons re- 

 spectively when they were boxed for 

 shipment. 



Hoping that these pictures reach you 

 in good condition and that this brief 

 history of these palms will interest you, 

 I am. 



Yours truly, 



'William J. Dinger. 



NATURE INDOORS 



Hackettstown, X. J. 

 To the Editor: 



I love the daisy fields and the woods ; 

 1 love the birds, the brooks, the trees ; 

 I love the stones rich in velvet moss and 

 even the leaf-mould on the srround. As 

 the way has not opened for me to sleep 

 in this paradise, but only to visit it in 

 my waking hours, I have converted my 

 room into more or less of an Eden. 

 While it is possible to accomplish this 

 with a very small outlaw I must confess 



SMALLER OF THE TWO PALMS BOXED FOR SHIPMENT TO SANTA CRUZ. 



