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to take greater interest in arboriculture, Mr. AVardle then went on to 

 mention the Austrian Pine, the Silkworm tree, the Lime tree, the 

 American Lime, the Maple, the Sycamore, the Elm, the Poplar, the 

 Willow, the Birch, the Acacia, the Holly, the Lilac, the Mock Orange, 

 the Forsythia, the Elder, and other hardy varieties, as the most 

 likely to grow well amid the smoke and dust and other influences so 

 injurious to plant life in towns. The Chairman said the paper they 

 had listened to had been most interesting and instructive, and, no 

 doubt, had caused Mr. Wardle a great deal of time and trouble. He 

 did not agree in all the selections of trees Mr. Wardle had made. It 

 was just the hardiest which would grow within three miles of the 

 town, and even those were stunted. Some would grow in large, 

 smoky towns, but not where there were sulphurous works. He only 

 wished the Parks Committee had been present to listen to the paper, 

 for the knowledge they would have got would have saved the rate- 

 payers some hundreds of pounds. The trees in the parks were planted 

 indiscreetly and indiscriminately ; they planted the same trees in New- 

 castle as they would at Newton Hall. The parties who ordered the 

 trees for the parks seemed to know very little about the business. 

 The Secretary (Mr. Davidson, Haydon Bridge) proposed a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Wardle for his paper. It was fortunate that the paper 

 should be read in Newcastle just when the sanitary question was be- 

 fore the people. Mr. Baldon, Dilston, seconded the vote of thanks. 

 There was no doubt a great deal of matter in the paper open to dis- 

 cussion, but at the same time there was a great deal of truth in many 

 of the remarks made by Mr. Wardle, especially in regard to the plant- 

 ing of trees and shrubs in town. It was a matter which had never 

 before been thoroughly taken up ; and he thought it laight be worth 

 while for the Society to bring forward the question of the town culture 

 of trees from a sanitary point of view. Newcastle was a town in 

 which very few trees would grow luxuriantly. We had a large 

 amount of sulphuric acid from the works, and the cultivation of plants 

 in such a town required special attention. The motion was carried by 

 acclamation. Mr. Wardle, in acknowledging the compliment, said his 

 remarks had been made with a view of getting our villa gardens to 

 have a more respectable appearance, and also to the sanitary improve- 

 ment of the town. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the 

 meeting. 



