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Resolved, That the State Horticultural Society hereby endorses the 

 Weeks bill for the establishment of such national forests and is in favor 

 of its passage without amendment. Be it further 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each Nebraska 

 senator and congressman. 



Adopted. 



Mr. Williams: I want to ask Professor Phillips if he has made any 

 observations in regard to the Norway poplar known as Sudden Saw 

 Log? 



A. It would take the whole afternoon to tell about that. About 

 nine-tenths of us don't know what it is, as near as I can find out. About 

 nine-tenths are selling Carolina poplar for Norway poplar and getting 

 about three times the money for it. I can tell it when Norway poplar 

 gets to be about five or six inches in diameter; I believe I can tell It. 



Mr. Brown: You can tell it then when they are side by side in the 

 nursery? 



Professor Phillips: I took this up with Professor Chaney, of Minne- 

 sota. He claims he can tell, but he told me he was never sure until it 

 got to be about five or six inches in diameter. I know from personal 

 letters from nurserymen that a whole lot are selling Carolina poplar 

 for Norway poplar and can not tell them apart. 



Mr. Brown: There must have been some confusion in getting it years 

 ago, in getting the Carolina poplar for the Norway or the Norway for 

 the Carolina, because they are two distinct poplars. Those I have seen 

 are on Mr. Harrison's place in York. There is quite a difference 

 between them; I do not know as I know which is which, but I know 

 Vi^hich we cut for Norway and which we cut for Carolina. I did not 

 suppose anyone would attempt to pass off Carolina poplar for Norway 

 poplar, as they are quite different. 



Professor Phillips: I tried them at the Experiment Station for my 

 own benefit. I bought several so-called Norway poplars, and some were 

 true to type. I thought I could distinguish them when they were two 

 years old, but I found out after I got them that I could not distinguish 

 more than one-tenth that I got for Carolina poplar. I have taken 

 measurements of some poplars grown in Minnesota which show far supe- 

 rior to the Carolina poplar. I believe, however, I could work this out; 

 so far as I went, I am willing to say that I could tell a Norway poplar in 

 its earlier stages. It is generally conceded a superior tree to the Caro- 

 lina poplar. 



Mr. Marshall: What is the difference and how do you identify them? 

 Mr. Brown: I do not know as I can identify them. The Carolina 

 poplar, as we get them, makes a stronger upright growth and the Nor- 

 way poplar has a greater diameter and does not grow quite as smooth 

 to the ground as the Carolina and is just a trifle darker in color — a 

 darker red — and has less branches. That is the difference I have noticed. 

 Mr. Marshall: At certain times of the year there is a difference in 

 the color of the leaves. 



