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Mr. W'ltR — How large does it graw ? 



Mr. Br V ant — Two feet in diameter. It is necessary to plant trees 

 close for timber purposes, so that tliey will grow up straigiit. 



Mr. Esskx — I think well of the Chestnut. 1 planted some years 

 ago in Rock Island County, four rows of chestnut trees, so close that I 

 could not drive a wagon between them. For ten years they have borne 

 chestnuts, and are now growing annually from three to four feet. They 

 were planted for a wind-break ; and I find in cold weather with a west 

 wind the thermometer indicates two or three degrees warmer on the 

 east than on the west side of it. 



Mr. Flalii; — How far from the Mississippi river .^ 



Mr. Essex — About one-half mile. 



Mr. Freemax called the attention of the Society to a valuable 

 paper ujion this subject in the December number of Youmans's Scientific 

 xVlonthly. 



Mr. Flagg — I would be glad to have the opinion of gentlL-nien iiji- 

 on the subject of the fitness of the European Larch for Southern Illi- 

 nois. 



Mr. Earle — I have questioned Mr. Mathew's published statements 

 regarding this tree, and I would be glad to hear from Mr. Douglass, Mr. 

 Scofield, or Mr. Whitney upon the subject. 



Mr. Douglass — Being very much interested in this tree, 1 have 

 tried to inform myself in regard to it. Knowing that a Mr. Hobbs in 

 St. Louis had some old Larch trees, 1 wrote to know about them, and I 

 learned that trees planted twenty years ago were now in healthy condi- 

 tion, and were about eighteen inches in thickness. There are some noble 

 trees in Shaw's Garden, St. Louis, showing that the tree is suited to that 

 climate. 



Mr. Pearson — There is a tree in Godfrey, my town, that is thirty- 

 two years old, forty feet high, and say fifteen inches in diameter. It is 

 a beautiful tree. There are others in the neighborhood twenty feet high ; 

 and while I can recommend the tree, there is no such wonderful growth 

 as we hear. 



Mr. Wier — I believe with Mr. Snedecker, that the Osage Orange is 

 the best tree for all purposes. The only objection is its thorns, but the 

 thorns go off as the tree grows older. I don't see why it is not more 

 generally grown for timber. 



