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For lawn planting. (Valuable in order named.) 



Cut-leaf Weeping Birch. 

 Norway Maple. 

 Linden. 

 Green Ash. 

 Horse Chestnut. 

 American Mountain Ash. 

 European Mountain Ash. 



European Larch. 

 European Alder. 

 Weeping Poplar. 

 Weeping Mountain Ash. 

 Weeping Golden Bark Ash. 

 Kilmarnock Weeping Willow. 



At the conclusion of his paper Mr. Stickney said in further ex- 

 planation of the list and the subject that, in the first list tbe 

 varieties for winter planting are given in the order in which I 

 would rank them as to their value when grown, but in planting. 

 I would reverse the order completely ; commencing with the 

 White Willow and Cottonwoods, leaving the willow out entirely, 

 if I could have the Cottonwood, simply because the Cottonwood 

 is so very hardy, takes root so readily and grows so rapidly that 

 it soon furnishes a shelter for the others and gives some return in 

 timber and fuel sooner than any of the others, though not of very 

 good quality. I am aware that there are many trees recommended 

 for ornamental purposes not mentioned here. I have only given 

 the most valuable for use. The Locust is not mentioned because 

 in the southern and central parts of the state it has proved almost 

 worthless on account of the depredations of the borer. It is quite 

 valuable for some timber purposes. The common Yellow Locust 

 of our country I regard as nearly equal to the Red Cedar for 

 fence posts, and it would be almost invaluable for this and other 

 purposes were it not for the injury done to it by these borers. As 

 a rule, all that are planted are either destroyed or so much injured 

 as to be useless. It has other disagreeable qualities; as its thorny 

 character, its propensity to spread all over the ground ; shoots 

 will keep springing up from the roots all around where the tree 

 stood for years after it is cut down. For these reasons it has been 

 thrown out of all lists of trees for general planting. The variety 

 called the Black Locust, with a smooth, dark colored bark, is a 

 much hardier tree, but its timber has not the enduring qualities 

 of the other, at least not to any such degree. 



I agree with Mr. Wood in what he said yesterday about the 

 advisability of cutting timber when it has reached its growth. 

 It is as important to harvest it when it has reached perfect 

 maturity as it is to harvest grain when it is ripe. The timber has 



