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Assistant in Horticulture at Corvallis, in the heart of the walnut dis- 

 trict of Oregon. From there he went to Missouri as State Horticul- 

 turist. During the three years at that place he top- worked a consider- 

 able number of walnut trees with scions of supposedly hardy varieties 

 of Persian walnuts, especially the Franquette, and such varieties of 

 Eastern black as he could obtain. The Persian practically was killed 

 out during the first winter. The black walnut tops are now coming 

 into bearing, and considerable attention is being attracted to them 

 throughout the Mid-West. Prof. Colby may know somethingi further 

 regarding the work in Missouri. 



The Secretary: I hope you notice how many more reports we 

 are getting from the men connected with the horticultural depart- 

 ments of the state institutions. Here is a. letter from H. H. Bartlett. 

 Director of the Botanical Gardens at Ann Arbor, University of Michi- 

 gan: 



"Our Botanical Garden in its present location is relatively new, 

 having been established only in 1911. The development of permanent 

 plantings has been mostly in the last two or three years, so you see we 

 have as yet done nothing with nut trees other than to assemble what 

 varieties we could get hold of. I must confess that the poor little 

 things look much as if the wrath of heaven had overtaken them. We 

 had 8 degrees of frost on tlie night of May 22d, when all the trees 

 were in young leaf. All the nut trees were badly killed back, some 

 below the graft, so I've had to pull some oiit. * Since they had only 

 a miserable start last year, they look pretty sad now. However, I'll 

 replace where necessary, and hope for better luck next time. 



If there should be an opportunity in the course of the discussion to 

 state that we are prepared to receive and take care of nut trees that 

 originators wish to try out in this region, I shall appreciate it. We 

 are receiving occasional nut-bearing plants from the Office of Seed and 

 Plant Introduction of the Department of Agriculture, and are ver}' 

 glad to act as a testing station for new introductions or productions. 



In order not to give a false impression as to the extent of our work, 

 I feel im])elled to say that we haven't yet a nut tree in bearing, and 

 onlv one over three feet hiah." 



Mr. Conrad J'ollertsen writes that he will not be able to be here as 

 he had planned. He states that all of his 31 varieties of filbert trees, 

 except one, have fairly good nut crops. His place, as you know, is 

 in Rochester. N. Y. 



Mr. F. A. Bartlett, of Stamford, Conn., writes: 



"You ma}' be interested to know that some of my nut trees are giv- 

 ing some results this year. A number of varieties of filberts are 



