REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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The following list gives the height and spread of branches of the several varieties, 

 also remarks as to their suitability for shelter belts. 



The belt has been kept clean with a one-horse cultivator each year since planting 

 commenced. 



Variety. 



Oak, mossy cup 



Ash, white, Fraxinus Americana. 



" black, F. sambucifolia 



" red, F. pubescens 



" green, native 



Mountain Ash, American 



European 



" Manitoba 



Caragana arborescens 



Artemisia Abrotanum 



Spruce, white (native), Picea alba. . . 



" Norway, Picea excelsa 



" White (Ontario), Picea alba . 



Cedar, Arbor- vitae 



Pine, Scotch, Pinus sylvestris 



" Austrian, Pinus Austriaca 



" Riga 



Larch, European 



" Manitoba 



Laurel-leaved willow 



French, laurel-leaved willow 



Ash-leaved maple, native 



Silver-leaved maple, A. dasycarpum. . 



Norway maple .... 



White Native Elm, U. Americana . . . 

 White Elm Imported, " 

 Imported White Birch B. alba . . . . 



Sweet Birch, B. lenta 



Canoe Birch, B. papyrif era 



American Alder, from Ontario 



European Alder 



Populus bereolensis (Russian Poplar). 



Carolina 



Wobstii Riga 



' ' certinensis 



" Sibirica 



" Petrovsky 



" Alba argentea 



Bolleana 



tremuloides, native 



Balm of Gilead, native ...... 



" Cottonwood (Dakota) . 



(Nebraska) 



Salix acutifolia, Sharp-leaved willow. . 



' ' Voronesh 



" Wisconsin, weeping willow 



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Ft. 



6 



4 

 8 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 8 



6 



6 



6 



5 



3 



3 



7 



6 

 Small. 



6 



8 



7 



7 

 14 



6 



3 



6 



3 

 11 

 13 

 12 



5 



5 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 11 

 12 

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7 



5 

 10 



9 

 16 



4 

 15 

 14 







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 O 



1 



4 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 



G 

 4 

 4 

 3 



1 

 4 



3 



4 

 4 

 4 

 3 



10 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 2 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 2 

 2 



10 



9 

 5 



10 

 6 

 3 

 4 

 7 



14 

 3 



12 



10 



Remarks. 



Hardy, slow grower, a native. 

 Tender, not suitable for this province. 

 Hardy and useful — useful wood. 



Slow of growth, hardy, useful wood. 

 Sun-scalds, not desirable. 



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Hardy, promising. 



A pretty flowering shrub, quite hardy. 



Very useful for bleak places. 



A handsome tree, hardy. 



Half hardy, requires protection. 



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Slow grower, quite ornamental. 

 Hardy only under protection. 



Hardiness uncertain, promising. 



Handsome and hardy. 

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Large laurel-like leaves, hardy. 



Sun-scalds badly. 



A good wind break, rapid grower. 



Not desirable, winter kills. 



Very tender, no good here. 



Very hardy, slow grower, handsome. 



Tender, no use here. 



Sun-scalds, half hardy. 



Vigorous growth, hardy. 



Hardy and ornamental. 



Half hardy. 



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Very vigorous, hardy and ornamental. 

 Not so spreading in its habits, hardy. 

 Very fast growth, hardy. 

 Strong grower, half hardy. 

 Large dark leaves, slow growth. 

 Seems identical with bereolensis 

 Silver-leaved, half hardy. 



" tender. 



Trembling poplar. 

 Promising for shelter belt. 

 A good windbreak, rapid grower. 

 Kills to roots each winter. 

 Very rapid grower, good snow collector. 

 Very pretty in winter. 

 Very tender, no good here. 



SUMMARY. 



A shelter belt composed of a number of varieties is more interesting and instructive 

 than if only one variety is used ; it is also well to introduce evergreens into such belts as 

 far as is practicable. 



The Russian Poplars — Bereolensis, Wobstii Riga and Petrovsky, and our Ash-leaved 

 Maple are quick growers and make good nurses for slower growing and more tender 

 trees. 



