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  pleasure 
  of 
  anticipating 
  the 
  gratification 
  such 
  monuments 
  will 
  

   afford 
  the 
  many 
  who 
  are 
  certain 
  to 
  pass 
  along 
  these 
  highways 
  

   years 
  hence. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  surely 
  not 
  good 
  policy 
  to 
  enrich 
  other 
  nations 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  

   of 
  our 
  own 
  people, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  doing 
  in 
  sending 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  

   annually 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries 
  in 
  payment 
  for 
  such 
  luxuries 
  as 
  edible 
  

   nuts 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  readily 
  and 
  profitably 
  produced 
  at 
  home. 
  There 
  

   need 
  be 
  no 
  fear 
  of 
  an 
  overproduction 
  of 
  such 
  things, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  

   many 
  may 
  engage 
  in 
  their 
  cultivation.* 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Van 
  Duzee: 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  questions 
  to 
  ask, 
  but 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  

   going 
  to 
  be 
  obliged 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  session 
  before 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   lecture, 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  read 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  remark 
  or 
  two. 
  I 
  am 
  so 
  heartily 
  in 
  

   sympathy, 
  in 
  this 
  commercial 
  age, 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  thoughts 
  

   expressed 
  there, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  listen 
  to 
  a 
  paper 
  which 
  takes 
  

   into 
  consideration 
  something 
  a 
  little 
  beyond, 
  and 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  planting 
  

   trees 
  by 
  the 
  roadside 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  humanity, 
  is 
  of 
  too 
  much 
  

   importance 
  to 
  be 
  overlooked. 
  I 
  could 
  go 
  on 
  at 
  great 
  length 
  along 
  

   this 
  line, 
  but 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  time 
  I 
  just 
  wanted 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  appre- 
  

   ciation 
  before 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  go. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Has 
  anyone 
  else 
  any 
  suggestions 
  or 
  any 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  business? 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  discussion 
  at 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   filbert, 
  I 
  think. 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  nut 
  that 
  is 
  possibly 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  

   importance 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  Mr. 
  Doan 
  who 
  asked 
  me 
  

   about 
  the 
  filbert 
  and 
  there 
  might 
  be 
  someone 
  here 
  who 
  could 
  give 
  

   us 
  some 
  information 
  about 
  its 
  possibilities. 
  Perhaps 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  

   could 
  tell 
  us 
  something 
  about 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  a. 
  Reed: 
  Well, 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  the 
  subject 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  

   up 
  but 
  I 
  would 
  rather 
  listen 
  than 
  try 
  to 
  talk. 
  As 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  

   made 
  clear 
  in 
  his 
  paper 
  yesterday, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  considerable 
  effort 
  

   in 
  the 
  eastern 
  states 
  towards 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  filbert, 
  but 
  

   almost 
  uniformly 
  such 
  attempts 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  failure. 
  About 
  two 
  

   weeks 
  ago 
  some 
  of 
  us 
  visited 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  place 
  and 
  while 
  there 
  we 
  

   were 
  shown 
  some 
  large 
  European 
  filberts, 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve 
  feet 
  high, 
  

   bearing 
  heavily. 
  These 
  were 
  not 
  suffering 
  from 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  

   blight 
  at 
  all 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  see, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  right 
  in 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  where 
  the 
  native 
  northern 
  filbert 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  Note 
  by 
  the 
  secretary: 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  Fuller 
  wrote 
  his 
  excellent 
  book, 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight, 
  as 
  

   at 
  present 
  known, 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  observed, 
  although 
  he 
  makes 
  an 
  interesting 
  reference 
  to 
  some 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  of 
  unknown 
  nature, 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  destructive 
  to 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  re- 
  

   gion. 
  The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  does 
  not 
  recommend 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   in 
  any 
  region 
  where 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight, 
  Endothia 
  parasitica, 
  is 
  prevalent. 
  With 
  this 
  exception 
  the 
  

   association 
  is 
  heartily 
  in 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  sentiments 
  expressed 
  by 
  the 
  writer. 
  

  

  