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of hardy trees and ornamental shrubs were planted on the grounds 

 around the farm buildings. All these made satisfactory growth 

 except the evergreens, which failed to start. 



For windbreaks and shade trees the following fcpecies have shown 

 promise: Poplar, cottonwood, elm, ash, hackberry, and the white, 

 Russian golden, and laurel-leaf willows. For ornamental shrubs the 

 following are promising: Van Iloute spirea, snowball, common and 

 Siberian dogwood, Rosa rugosa, common and golden elder, high-bush 

 cranberry, common, purple, and Japanese barberries, the flowering 

 currant, and the hydrangea. 



GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



Tests have been conducted with most of the common garden veare- 

 tables. All those which have been tried have been found to grow 

 satisfactorily. It has been found that only the early-maturing 

 varieties of tomatoes and melons should be planted on the project. 

 Sparks's Earliana has proved the most desirable of the tomatoes 

 tested. Early Jersey Wakefield is the most promising of the early- 

 maturing varieties of cabbages, and Danish Ball Head is the best 

 late-maturing cabbage tested. Golden Hubbard and Improved Hub- 

 bard squash have both done well. Good yields have been obtained 

 with the common varieties of summer squash and cucumbers. 

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