ARBORICULTURE 



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Trees Requiring Much Moisture. 



Elm, American White and others. 

 Natural habit of swamps, margin of 

 streams, lakes and undrained forests. 

 Root system fine, fibrous, quickly in- 

 jured by excessive drainage and want 

 of abundant water. Insects, many; leaf 

 eating and wood boring. 



Splendid trees when supplied with 

 water. One tree on author's grounds 

 29 inches diameter and forty feet high 

 only 16 years old, plenty of water. 

 Others planted same time, same soil, 8 

 inches diameter. 



With proper care may be trans- 

 planted when of quite large size, up to 

 six inches diameter, but not likely to do 

 w^ell if large. 



Cottonwood, and poplars in variety 

 have much the same habit as elm, grow- 

 ing along margin of all streams w^est- 

 ward to Rocky Mountains, but not 

 usually found away from moist loca- 

 tions. 



Erroneous opinion that these are of 

 value because of quick growth. There 

 are other requirements. 



Box Elder, a good tree in Arid 

 regions w^hen supplied w^ith much 

 water. Habitat, margin of stream 

 throughout the w^est. Very poor tree 

 for street or ornament, except as noted. 



Willow^s, various kinds, all require 

 w^ater in abundance. Fewf w^illow^s suit- 

 able for street planting. Silver maple 

 requires much vv^ater, surface roots, 

 short lived, easily broken in storms, 

 much diseased. 



FARMERS INSTITUTES AND FORESTRY. 



The new plan of having a series of lectures on 

 forestry before the Farmers Institutes of Colorado, 

 has proven wonderfully successful. W. G. M. 

 Stone, of Denver, President of the Colorado. 

 State Forestry Society, has this season, attended 

 the Institutes of eight counties, all in the dry 



farming region except two, which were in a 

 county where both irrigation and dry farming 

 are practiced. 2160 farmers attended these as- 

 semblies, twelve institutes in all, to reach which, 

 he traveled 2150 miles. 



Mr. Stone reports that the Plains region has 

 had less rain than for more than a decade. 



But at any point, it was surprising to see the 

 crops which they have produced and the yields. 



He saw^ no failures and no despondency. De- 

 termination and expectation prevail. 



A more cheerful lot of men and w^omen, he 

 has never met, nor a more eager people to listen 

 to the talks. They all appeared ravenously 

 hungry to hear everything. 



Mr. Stone talked of forestry, and it was grati- 

 fying to see the interest the people everywhere 

 are taking in the subject of trees, 



THE NEW ST. CHARLES. 



The Historical association, of New Orleans, 

 would be very incomplete without recounting 

 the events connected with the St. Charles Hotel, 

 which, for more than half a century, has contin- 

 ued the leading hostelry of that City. 



No other hotel of the Southland exceeds it in 

 excellence of its appointments, magnificence of 

 adornments or delicacy of its cuisine. 



Fifty years ago. as a boy of sixteen, my first 

 boating trip down the Mississippi River was 

 made, and the recollections of the old St. Charles 

 are still vivid. This was in the times of great 

 plantations along the river, where a thousand 

 slaves, working a thousand acres of cotton or 

 sugar cane, all ow^ned by one man, were fre- 

 quent. The wealthy planters demanded the 

 very best service and obtained it when they went 

 to New Orleans at the St. Charles. 



In the rotunda w^here w^ere gathered large 

 numbers of Southern gentlemen, together w^ith 

 visitors from all lands across the sea, w^e recall 

 the oriental splendor of the scene, A great 

 chandelier with innumerable lights illumined 

 the room, w^hile the reflection from a thousand 

 crystals pending from the chandelier gave 

 splendor to the surroundings. 



It w^ould be of interest to peruse the annual 

 registers of this hi;toric hostelry and recall the 

 many notables v^rho have been entertained here 

 as they came and w^ent from day to day. 



While the New St. Charles is modern and 

 does not partake of the ante-bellum days, yet it 

 maintains the reputation of the past, and exceeds 

 the former house in generous hospitality. 



