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but he was sending his able heutenant, Mr. O'Connor. I was be- 

 ginning to feel a little worried this morning that perhaps Dr. Morris 

 might not be able to get here but I was very happy a few minutes 

 ago to see the Doctor come in and now I feel considerably more 

 comfortable because he is a great aid and help at these conventions. 

 Is there anything further, Mr. Secretary, that you have in mind? 



The Secretary: I just want to call your attention to the ex- 

 hibits ; they really hardly need any one to call attention to them, but 

 I would like to mention especially the exhibits at the two ends of the 

 table. The one at the further end of the table by Mr. Dunbar of 

 the Department of Parks of Rochester is really a very remarkable 

 exhibit, especially from a scientific point of view. (See list of 

 exhibits in appendix.) At this end of the table is a splendid exhibi- 

 tion of filberts grown in Rochester in Mr. McGlennon's filbert 

 nursery under the direction of Mr. Vollertsen; it needs no word of 

 praise from any one, it speaks for itself. Also I call your attention 

 to these three English walnut trees in pots, each one bearing fully 

 developed nuts, which were grown by Mrs. Ellwanger. Last of all 

 I will mention again the cluster of Indiana pecans brought here by 

 Mr. Wycofif of Aurora. 



Mr. Dunbar: Dr. Deming didn't tell us about the Chinese 

 chestnuts that are fruiting — the castanea mollissima. 



The Secretary : Dr. Morris has had them fruiting for a num- 

 ber of years. I don't know whether any others have or not. 



Dr. Morris : They fruit very well and are a good hardy nut. 

 They are on limestone land. 



The Secretary : It is a very interesting nut. 



Mr. Corsan : Out of twelve varieties of chestnuts that I 

 planted on my place it is the only one that died. I got them in Wash- 

 ington. I looked after them probably too well. I will try them again 

 to be certain they had no climatic reason for dying. It is very 

 strange that that chestnut didn't grow. Nobody near me grows 

 chestnuts so I can cultivate them for a good many years without 

 any worry about blight. 



Dr. Morris : I doubt if the blight amounts to much with you. 

 It is carried by migrating birds. Some birds will take the blight 

 north and our friends in Canada will finally have it, so cheer up, the 

 worst is yet to come, but it will be a good many years. 



Mr. Corsan : The blight has got to the extreme northern part 

 of the chestnut growth, that is, to the top of Lake George. The 

 chestnut doesn't go a quarter of a mile beyond Silver Bay. 



Dr. Morris : I have found chestnut trees in Quebec. 



Professor Nielson : Speaking of the range of nut trees, I 

 have seen the hazelnut in the Saskatchewan several hundred miles 

 north of the international boundary and at Edmonton, Alberta, 

 Canada. 



The President : That is very interesting to me for about the 

 time that we started in experimenting with filberts I received a letter 



