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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



REPLACING AVENUE TREES AND ADDITION TO AVENUES. 



Owing to various causes a certain proportion of the avenue trees also die each 

 year, and this year the following numbers were required to replace those which 

 had died. In some cases, as on the northern boundary, where the row of trees is 

 composed of mixed species, the same kind was not always replanted. 



SPECIES. 



Acer saccharinum — Sugar maple... ! 24 



Acer rubrum — Red maple 21 



Fraxinus Americana — White ash 10 



Fraxinus viridis — Green ash 9 



Fraxinus sambucifolia — Black ash 10 



Tilia vulgaris — European linden 8 



Last spring another avenue was formed extending from near the farm fore- 

 man's house to the northern boundary, by the planting of 46 Norway maple trees. 

 These have all done well, except one, which died. This avenue promises to add 

 much to the appearance of that part of the farm. 



ADDITIONS TO MIXED FOREST BELT. 



During the spring of 1893 there were 3,511 trees added to the mixed forest belt 

 on the north boundary of the farm. Of these, only 163 have died, and those living 

 seem well fitted, from their appearance at present, to survive the approaching winter. 



The following is a list of the species planted, with total number of each, and 

 the numbers which have lived and died : — 



List of Species. 



Deciduous Trees. 



Acer saccharinum — Sugar maple 



do rubrum — Red maple 



do platanoides — Norway maple 



do Pseudoplatanus — Sycamore maple .... 



do Tartaricum — Tartarian maple 



do campestre — English maple 



jiEsculus hippocastanum — Horse-chestnut. . 



Betula alba — European white birch 



Celtis australis — European nettle-tree 



Catalpa hybrida — Tea's catalpa 



Diospyros Virginians, — Persimmon . . , 



Fraxinus Americana — White ash 



do viridis — Green ash . . 



do sambucifolia — Black ash 



Juglans nigra — Black walnut 



Negundo aceroides — Box elder 



Pyrus Americana — American mountain ash . 

 do Aucuparia — European mountain ash. . 



Populus alba Bolleana — BoUe's poplar 



do certinensis — Asiatic poplar 



Platanus occidentalis — Button-wood 



Quercus alba — White oak 



do macrocarpa — Burr oak 



do rubra — Red oak 



Rhamnus frangula — Breaking buckthorn . . . 



Tilia vulgaris — European linden 



Ulmus Americana — White elm , 



do racemosa — Rock elm 



do montana — Scotch elm 



No. 

 dead. 



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