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there can be no doubt that it must have the effect of stimulating the 

 interest in tree plantincj in the north of England. It did not surprise 

 us to read in the chairman's speech his regret that the society had 

 not received the support wliich might have been expected, for some 

 years' experience has taught us the apathy with which all subjects 

 connected with tree-planting are received by the public generally. 

 However, a little energy and perseverance will perhaps overcome this, 

 and we wish the society all success. 



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A GLAN'CE at the budget of catalogues we have received of forest and 

 other trees suggests how easy it is from a pecuniary point of view to 

 adopt the advice given by a Scotch laird to his son, to be ' aye sti ckin' 

 in a tree ' — for the prices asked by nurser3'men are remarkably low ; 

 a fact that should stimulate the planting of denuded areas. First 

 comes the substantial list of Messrs. William Fell & Co., of the Went- 

 wofth Nurseries, Hexham, comprising forest trees, ornamental trees 

 and shrubs, selected trees for gentlemen's parks, lawns, avenues, 

 public parks, cemeteries, &c., coniferous, evergreen, and deciduous 

 shrubs, fruit trees, roses, rhododendrons, Alpine and herbaceous plants, 

 &c. Then we have the bulky catalogues of Messrs. Little & Ballantyne, 

 of Carlisle ; of Messrs. M. Saunders & Sons, Friar's Walk Nurseries, 

 Cork ; of Messrs. Wood & Ingram, The Nurseries, Huntingdon ; of 

 jNIessrs. Francis & Arthur Dickson & Sons, The Upton Nurseries, 

 Chester ; of Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, Newton Nurseries, 

 Chester ; of Messrs. Dicksons & Co., of Edinburgh ; and of Messrs. 



Thomas Kennedy & Co., Dumfries. 



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We commend these interesting lists to all proprietors of estates and 



others, because they wiU show how much planting can be done for a 



comparatively small outlay. Looking, for instance, at the list of 



Messrs. William Fell and Co., of Hexham, we note that, in the part 



of the catalogue devoted to ' Seedling and Transplanted Forest Trees,' 



one year seedling Ashes can be had for 3s. Gd. per 1,000, Beeches for 



4s. 6d., Birches for 5s., Elms for 7s. 6d., Scotch Firs for 2s., Larches for 



2S: Gd., Oaks for 7s, 6d., Plnus austriac:/ for 2s., Sycamores for 4s. 6d., 



and Thorns for 5s. per 1,000. It puzzles us to know how plants can be 



produced with a profit at such low prices, but the fact ought to 



largely stimulate the tree trade, and induce extensive plantings. 



Let landed proprietors and other tree planters send for lists and see 



for themselves. 



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A coiiREsrONDENT, an artist, is anxious for information as to the 

 existence and whereabouts of Spruce Fir woods within a hundred 

 miles of Liverpool. If any of our correspondents can give the 



