REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



55 



List of Species. 



Evergreen Trees. 



Picea alba — White spruce 



do excelsa — Norway spruce 



Pinus strobus — White pine. . . 



do sylvestris Rigaensis — Riga pine 



do Austriaca — Austrian pine 



do Mughus nana — Dwarf mountain pine.. 

 Thuya occidentalis — Arbor- vitae 



No. 

 dead. 



1 

 33 

 27 

 41 



2 

 12 



3 



EVERGREEN CLUMP. 



In the year 1888 a large number of young trees was procured and planted in 

 nursery rows to remain until they should be required for the tree belts and clumps, 

 or for other ornamental purposes on the farm. 



As several hundreds of Norway spruce, Scotch and Austrian pine had, before 

 they were needed, grown too large for successful transplanting, it was decided to 

 leave a clump of these, as a permanent plantation, on a rising piece of land, in a 

 prominent place near the northern boundary of the farm. 



The trees, having been planted close together, had made quite a thicket, and 

 this year it was considered necessary to cut out a large number of them to 

 admit light and air, and give those remaining a better opportunity to develop. 

 The trees when thinned averaged 2J feet apart in the rows, with the rows 3 feet 

 apart. It is proposed to thin them still further as occasion requires. 



The following table shows the average height of the trees, the average cir- 

 cumference, 1 foot from the ground, and the number of trees left of each species 

 after thinning. For the double purpose of increasing the size of the clump and 

 adding to its appearance, the rows of trees were extended to the cross road near by. 

 The additions made this year will be found in the table. 



Names of Speoies. 



Picea excelsa — Norway spruce 



Pinus sylvestris — Scotch pine 



Pinus Austriaca — Austrian pine 



Total number of trees, 1856 



-1^ 

 .£? 



« 

 do 



u 



> 



7 feet 

 9i " 

 7 " 



« s 



(t § So 



ts © S 



t' s- o 



l* 0) fc. 



5 in. 



5i " 

 51" 





c 



c3 



J2 00 



Coo 



273 

 636 

 621 



1,530 



•a 



"ft 

 ID . 



Soo 



pi-* 



168 



52 



106 



326 



PLANTING IN POULTRY YARDS. 



Although the season was far advanced, and the trees and shrubs nearly in full 

 leaf, during the first week of June, 53 trees and shrubs were planted in the poultrj- 

 yards, and notwithstanding the advanced state in which they were when planted. 

 not one has died. 



SUMMARY OP TREES AND SHRUBS PLANTED, 1893. 



Trees replanted in forest belt 450 



do do along avenues 82 



Addition to avenues 46 



do to mixed forest belt 3,511 



do to evergreen clump 326 



Trees and shrubs in poultry yards ...., 53 



Wm. T. Macoun. 



