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sewerage, were so badly injured that your advisor considered 

 them useless and therefore impossible to be treated. It is gen- 

 erally wise in such matters to determine the exact cause or tn 

 send a specimen from the tree in to us for examination. In 

 case of doubt it is generally a good plan to cut the branches in a 

 bit and give the tree another chance. 



Q. When is the best time to plant poplar trees, what kind 

 shall I plant, and how shall I plant them ? 



F. J., Scarsdalc, X. Y. 



A. The best time to plant poplar trees is early spring, 

 though it may also be done in the fall. 



The species to choose must depend upon the purpose. The 

 Carolina poplar is best of the poplars where shade is desired. 

 The Lombardy poplar is best suited for aesthetic and avenue effect. 



The principal thing to remember in planting poplars is to 

 cut them back hard. They will then thicken out better and grow 

 more vigorously. In other respects the planting of poplars is 

 the same as that of other species. 



Q. What is the "cedar apple'' and what does it do? 



M. J. K., Freehold. N. I. 



A. The cedar apple is a fungous growth appearing early in 

 the spring in the form of a brown, apple-like growth on red 

 cedar trees. It uses the cedar trees as temporary hosts for the 

 winter, but really does its damage as a fungous blight on neigh- 

 boring apiile trees and hawthornes. 



Q. When shall I spray my red cedars for red spider and 

 with what? 



H. H., Philadelphia. Pa. 



A. Spray in early May but also examine the trees during 

 June and July and spray them if you find it necessary. 



Use whale-oil or fish-oil soap at the rate of one pound to 

 ten gallons of water. 



Q. Where will rhododendrons and laurel grow best? 



J. B., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



A. Under the shade of other trees and in rich, deep soil. 



Q. Do you know of any machine used in the nursery trade 

 for the counting and tying of trees? 



D. H., Dundee, 111. 



A. We do not know of anv such machine. 



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WHO PLANTS A TREE 



OHN GREENLEAF 'WHITTIER'S poem for the agri- 

 cultural exhibition at Amesbury contained this 

 verse : 



Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; 



Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; 

 Who sows a field, or trains a flower. 



Or plants a tree, is more than all. 



More men are planting trees. With clearer vision, 

 large wealth is finding services that look to the long 

 future and the common good. A country boy loved a big 

 hill near his home. He went forth and made a fortune. 

 He has bought the hill and on its slopes he has planted 

 50,000 trees and shrubs. Thousands visit it. 



Less than fifty miles away a man is planting forty acres 

 in trees a year; so far he has planted 320 acres; he is 

 beautifying a mountain-side. He came from a family of 

 foresters in Germany; love of trees was bom in him, and 

 this is his tribute and his token to America, which has 

 made him rich. A score or more of individual forestry 

 operations are in progress. 



Where is the personal return? A case will give the 

 answer: Seventy years ago a lover of trees did much 

 planting on his fine estate on the outskirts of Baltimore. 

 He brought new kinds from different parts of the earth. 

 In i860 he died and Baltimore bought the estate, and this 

 became the renowned Druid Hill Park, whose tree beauty 

 has been more written about and illustrated and praised 

 than anythmg of the kind in America. What is the 

 point? This: The name of the man who planted the 

 trees is emphasized in local history. Other notabilities 

 of his day are forgotten. He bought living fame by 

 planting trees. 



Often Wealth says : " I'll not wait. I want quick 

 returns for my money." And he puts up a hotel and names 

 it after himself, or a whale of a house in which he is lone- 

 some. If Wealth is wise he says : " I'll put it where it 

 will grow." And when he plants trees it grows into 

 blessings. 



Surely there is something noble and uplifting in the 

 company of trees. And the good of it grows whether you 

 plant a single tree or a mountain-side. — The Country 

 Gentleman. 



VERMONT FORESTRY MEETING 



THE Twelfth Annual ^Meeting of the A'erniont Fores- 

 try .Association was held at Lyndon on Wednes- 

 day, August 2nd. In the forenoon an inspection 

 was made of the State plantation of Scotch pine, which 

 was made in 1912 on shifting sand. The experiments car- 

 ried on here with sand binding grasses from Cape Cod and 

 with open fence, such as was recommended by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, were of much interest to those 

 present, as well as the planted growth of Scotch pine. 

 Mr. Charles Darling, fire warden of Lyndon, entertained 

 the members and their friends at dinner served at " The 

 L)Id Brick Tea Shoppe," Lyndon Corner. Immediately 

 following the dinner there was a meeting of forest fire 

 wardens of Caledonia County, addressed by A. F. Hawes, 

 state forester, and L. H. Bailey, entomologist. At 3 p.m. 

 the Forestry Association held a cooperative meeting with 

 the " Lyndon Home Project Club." Mrs. Chase, the 

 originator of this Club, developed a very interesting pro- 

 gram in which several boys of the locality gave short talks 

 pertaining to forestry. Other speakers were Roderic 

 Olzendam, secretary of the Association, and Amos J- 

 Eaton, who closed his remarks with selections from Drtmi- 

 mond's French-Canadian dialect poetry. In the evening 

 there was a joint session of the Vennont Forestry Asso- 

 ciation and the Vermont Timberland Owners' Association, 

 at which there were addresses by Hon. T. N. Vail, presi- 

 dent of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 

 Hon. H. F. Graham, state auditor, W. R. Brown, president 

 of the New Hampshire Timberland Association, A. F. 

 Hawes, state forester, and James P. Taylor, secretary of 

 the Greater Vermont Association. 



.\t the business meeting the following oflicers were 

 elected: president, Ernest Hitchcock; vice-presidents, 

 Theodore N. \'ail, Redfield Proctor ; secretary and treas- 

 urer, R. M. Olzendam ; executive committee, Allen M. 

 Fletcher, Frank Pluniley, James Hartness, Amos J. Eaton 

 and A. F. Hawes. 



