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through interest, because I have been doing a Httle experimenting 

 of my own in my back yard at Syracuse where I have an English 

 walnut which I planted in 1915 which is this year producing for 

 the first time. I am going to take those nuts and see what can be 

 done with them in perpetuating that particular variety, because it is 

 hardy, fast growing, and early to mature. 



The New York State College of Forestry has a platform as 

 broad as the entire state. We are interested in every kind of land 

 which is not suited to agriculture, fish, game, recreation, conserva- 

 tion of water, and I pledge to you the sympathy and the support of 

 the New York State College of Forestry. We have three experiment 

 stations ; one in Oneida county, one in Onandaga county, and an- 

 other in Cattaraugus, with a fourth in St. Lawrence, if you wish 

 to call it such. We would be delighted to receive from you any slip 

 or any sort of fruit which you wish us to try out at these experiment 

 stations. I believe that the time will come when some combined 

 system of forestry and horticulture can be maintained which will 

 aim at the production of food stuffs from trees, with lumber, per- 

 haps, as a by-product. That works out in the old country and the 

 day is not far off when it can be practiced here. 



I congratulate the members of this association on having com- 

 pleted what was, from all accounts, a most successful meeting. I re- 

 gret that I couldn't have been here earlier and met the other mem- 

 bers of your body. I congratulate you ; I wish you God speed, and 

 I again tender the support of the College of Forestry. 



President McGlennon : We certainly have received great 

 encouragement from Dean Mann's remarks, which to me, and I be- 

 lieve to all present, were most interesting and instructive. 



I want to hear just a few words from our esteemed friend, 

 Mr. John Dunbar, Assistant Superintendent of Parks. 



Mr. Dunbar : I think it is a very happy and fortunate cir- 

 cumstance that Mr. Mann is here this morning representing the 

 College of Forestry of Syracuse. Every word that Mr. Mann has 

 said is absolutely true. The forestry question of this country is 

 indeed a very serious question. Every man, and every woman, 

 should give most serious thought to it, and I hope the words Dean 

 Mann has spoken to us here this morning will go in to all our hearts 

 very deeply. 



Of course the Park Department is studying trees from the 

 ornamental and arboricultural point of view. We think, however, 

 that arboriculture, horticulture and forestry, as the Dean said, are 

 very, very closely allied and should surely work together. I think 

 his idea is a very excellent one; that there should be a very close 

 connection or union between forestry, horticulture, nut culture, and 

 all kinds of fruit culture. I hope that day is not far distant. 



President McGlennon : Ladies and gentlemen, the treasurer 

 of our association is a man who is intensely interested in nut culture. 



