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and one of the most beautiful plants I ever saw. I think it much more 

 handsome and desirable than the " Magnolia Accumenta." In front of 

 my house is a magnificent elm that we all admire by the hour when we 

 should be asleep. Insects seems to be injuring it, and I fear we 

 shall lose it. How many tender memories cluster around that grand 

 old tree! how many have extolled its beauty and rested beneath its 

 shade, and if we lose it, how we shall feel a sense of personal loss as 

 if a friend had been taken from us. 



Mr. Pearson — On the grounds of the Monticello Seminary are 

 a number of fine elms planted fifty years ago. They now seem to 

 be failing, and if they die it will be an irreparable loss. 



Mr. Hay — The Black Spruce has been largely planted in our 

 country and makes a beautiful tree. It seems to endure our climate 

 better than other evergreens. 



Col. Brackett — It should not go on the record that the Black 

 Spruce is a desirable tree, as it is generally a failure in the West. 

 The Norway is often sold under this name, and is probably what 

 Mr. Hay refers to. 



Mr. Vanderburg — The Norway has longer cones than Black 

 Spruce, which will readily distinguished them, yet they are often 

 confounded. 



Mr. Leeper, of the committee appointed to examine the fruit 

 and other exhibits from the Illinois Experiment Station, in charge 

 of G. W. McCleur, presented the following 



REPORT 



We, your committee appointed to examine the display of fruits 

 on exhibition by the Experiment Station, at Champaign, beg leave 

 to submit the following: 



We find an attractive display of about one hundred and twenty- 

 five varieties of apples, the trees having been secured from all parts 

 of the United States where the apple is grown. The display indi- 

 cates care, energy and industry on the part of those in charge of the 

 station, and merits the encouragement of the fruit growers of the 

 State and the considerate and fostering care of the legishiture. 



As the several varieties have been planted and cultivated under 

 the names accompanying them when sent to the station, we often 

 found the same apple passing under different names, and some mis- 

 named. This we endeavored to correct, as far as we felt ourselves 



