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land, and endures drought and heat with serenity. As a valuable timber 

 tree of great durability it stands preeminent. 



It is possible that in the European Larch, Norway Spruce, and 

 Scotch and Austrian Pines, we have something better for useful purposes ; 

 at all events valuable ; but we cannot speak with absolute confidence 

 till we have tried them thoroughly. We are like the old dame who bought 

 a raven to see if it would live a hundred years. Certainly the Norway 

 Spruce, in most situations, has thus far grown finely ; yet of the two oldest 

 specimens I know, planted in Madison county in 1839, one is now dead, 

 and the other not entirely healthy. Perhaps, however, the sap-sucker 

 has affected their health more than other causes. An European Larch 

 planted in 1840, and a White Pine in 1838, in the same county, are thus 

 far thrifty. But of Scotch and Austrian Pines we have, so far as I know, 

 no experience of equal duration. Hoopes says he has seen the Austrian 

 succeed in a sour soil, where the White Pine failed ; but I have not veri- 

 fied this experience. 



In conclusion, I submit, from the report of the last meeting of our 

 State Board of Equalization, a statement of the Assessor's reports of acres 

 of orchard and woodland in the different counties of Illinois : 



Acres Orchard. Acres Woodland. 



1. Cook 2,579 20,987 



2. Du Page 5,336 20,343 



3. Lake 2,191 54,610 



11,106 95'94o 



4. Boone 1,784 



De Kalb 4,177 



Kane 2,912 



McHenry 3, 603 



Winnebago 2,877 



15,353 165,984 



5. Carroll 2,875 



Jo Daviess 7, 791 



Ogle 4,074 



Stephenson 4,043 



Whiteside 3,726 



22,509 290,535 



6. Bureau 5,898 31,922 



Henry 4,054 I4,i44 



Lee 5,583 12,961 



Putnam 1,299 37,887 



Rock Island 2,831 12,246 



19,665 109,160 



7. Grundy 2,269 9,467 



Kendall 



LaSalle 5,424 49,032 



Will 4,196 24,048 



11,889 82,547 



