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Mr. Lyman said he had tried Lombardy poplars for the same pur- 

 pose, but had abandoned them on account of the shade and the exhaus- 

 tion of the soil which they produced. Cottonwoods, he said, had been 

 also used in the neighborhood, but cut down for the same reasons. 



Mr. Powell spoke of transplanting European larches, and recom- 

 mended autumn planting, as they start early in spring, and if planted 

 after growth had commenced but a small percentage of them will grow, 

 especially as planted by average farmers. 



Several members testified to the almost certainty of success in trans- 

 planting larches, where pains are taken to avoid mutilating the roots, 

 which are very tender, or exposing them to the sun or wind to thicken 

 the resinous sap. 



Mr. Whitney said he had transplanted the trees, which remained 

 after spring sales, into his forest plantation, with good success. 



Mr. Cochran said that in company with Messrs. Dunlap and Egan 

 he once procured a cargo of larches from the swamps of the north, taking 

 pains to keep them in damp moss till planted, and they nearly all lived. 



D. C. ScoFiELD — There is money in timber-planting, but there is a 

 moral influence in this thing which is of far greater value. Let us avoid 

 the mistakes of our sister States east of us, and plant trees and use every 

 effort to preserve those already growing. Everyman who owns land, and 

 has the good of his fellow men at heart, should plant trees. 



Mr. MiNKLER recommended the Norway spruce as a hedge tree. A 

 broad close base should first be established, and then a most beautiful 

 hedge can be formed, as it will bear shearing as closely and as often as 

 almost any other hedge plant. 



Mr. Powell spoke of his hedge of Norway spruce, which is eight 

 feet broad at the base, seven feet high, and two feet across on the top. 

 This hedge will turn stock. He regards this tree as the very best one for 

 ornamental hedges. 



Mr. Woodard thinks it important that evergreen plants intended for 

 hedging should be prepared in the nursery, by frequent shearings and 

 several transplantings. 



D. C. Scofield spoke very favorably of the white ash to plant for 

 timber; twenty-five years from planting it will be worth $2,500 per acre, 

 giving at least $50 per acre net profit. 



Mr. Minkler (Chairman) spoke with feeling upon the progress 

 already made in horticulture, since the organization of Horticultural 



