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were three in number. First, a destructive invasion of the tent cater- 

 ])illir wliich att;icked nearly all kinds of trees daring its traveling 

 stage. Then came a canker worm invasion with partial or complete 

 defoliation of even the forest trees. Almost all of the whole leaves 

 on any tree represent the second set for the season. Then came a 

 drought said to have been the most severe since 1871. As a result 

 of these three influences most of the fruit trees and nut trees dropped 

 tlieir crops this year. 



Among the many introduced and grafted trees at Merribrooke only 

 about one hundred typical forms have been tagged for this occasion. 

 The large tags on the trees represent types, the smaller tags repre- 

 sent different variations of the type. Numbers on the tags correspond 

 to numbers on this list. 



We will begin with Xo. 1 — Original Taylor Sliagbark hickory. 

 Xut large, thin shelled, good cleavage and high quality. This is prac- 

 tically an annual bearer. The weevil likes it because it is very thin- 

 shelled. Consequently we seldom get a good crop. Most of the 

 trees were defoliated. This is the best all-around hickory that I have 

 found. I gave prizes for years and got seedlings from all over the 

 country, and this is the best one that I obtained growing right hej e 

 at mv gate. It is defoliated by luith the trnt caterpillar aiul the 

 canker worm. 



2. Buckley Hickory from Texas. Xut large, round', thick-shelled, 

 peculiar flavor and fragrance. This hickory was first described in 

 1872 in Texas and then it was forgotten. Dr. Sargent was quite 

 surprised when I told him that I had one for the variety really passed 

 out of history among the botanists until the past two years. The bark 

 is deeply ridged in the older trees. The tree has been cri^^pled by the 

 twig girdier this year. 



3. Carolina Hickory Seedling (scaly bark hickorv). Xut small, 

 thin shelled, sweet. I think this is one of the most beautiful hickories 

 we have. It lias been crippled tliis year but not enough to hurt. It 

 has a small, thin-shelled nut with sweet fla\or. The older trees Ivwe 

 the scale on the bark. 



4. Carolina Hickory grafted upon other local wild stock, and I do 

 not know whether it is macrocarpa or pig-nut. 



5. Shagbark top-worked to Vest variety of shagbark from ^'ir- 

 ginia that Mr. Bixby described yesterday as having a shell so thin that 

 it could be cracked with the hand. 



G. Shagbark top-worked to Carolina and Kentucky varieties. X^ote 

 the different foliage, and smaller leaves. Here is a graft of three 

 hickories on one stock. 



7. Shagbark top-worked to Vest shagbark above and to AlcCall- 

 ister pecan below. The foliage of this McCallister would justify 

 putting the tree in any grounds; but here on the shagbark stock the 



