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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



All varieties planted in 1893 are either dead or so near it that the chances are very 

 much against a single tree being alive in the spring. 



The following 27 varieties were planted in the spring of 1893, on a plot well pro- 

 tected by maple hedges. Of the 184 trees set out, and all living when winter of 1893-4 

 came on, 36 are now barely alive ; the remainder having died during the winter or the 

 past summer. 



Thirty-two trees of seven varieties were planted in a maple plantation in place of 

 maples taken out for avenue purposes. This plantation collected the snow in winter 

 and afforded protection from the winds in summer. 



The best of those living, in the following list, are barely alive and have very small 

 chances of going through the winter successfully. 



