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unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Commissioners of 

 Fairmount Park, held June 5, 187G : 



TREES FOR THE FAIRMOtTNT PARK. 



Tliis Park is in the earliest stage of its formation. A principal feature 

 of its beautj' must consist of trees, ])lante(l in manner to form pleasing 

 landscapes, and in trees planted singly, in groups, and groves. The Com- 

 missioners desire also to add a botanical interest to thePark, by having in 

 it every tree that will stand our climate. To promote this object and duly 

 to honor the name of Michaux, father and son, the American Philosophi- 

 cal Societ}^ have devoted half the income of the legacy left by the son to 

 the Society, of about three hundred dollars (f 300j per annum. This has 

 been applied to the planting of the Michaux Grove of oaks, and to import- 

 ing and planting in our nurseries many varieties of oaks, &c. Theau- 

 nouuccnicnt is now made, during the holding of the Centennial Interna- 

 tional Exhibition as an auspicious occasion to invite contributions of trees, 

 acorns and seeds, from all parts of the world, and from all persons who 

 love the beautiful in landscape and to promote botanical science. 



Cunununicalions may be made to Eli K. Price, No. 709 Walnut Street, 

 Philadelphia, Chairman of Committee on Trees and Nurseries in the Park 

 Commission, and Chairman of the Committee on Michaux Fund in the 

 American Philosophical Society. 



Mr. Price exhibited specimen twigs, bearing leaves, broken 

 from every variety of oak imported and growing in the 

 jMichaux Grove. Respecting this grove he desired to have 

 this minute placed on the Journal of the Society. 



The Chairman of the Committee on the Michaux Grove 

 reports, that he has visited to day the Fairmount Park 

 Nursery, and found the grounds well taken care of, and the 

 large stock of trees in a flourishing condition. Of the 

 acorns planted before last winter nearly all have grown ex- 

 cept those of the "Bartram Oak ;" and of the fifty or sixty 

 of these planted, not one has grown. So far the proof is in 

 favor of that oak being a hybrid. 



Mr. Davenport being invited to speak of the Eucalyptus 

 trees of Australia, and the iirobability of growing certain 

 species of Eucalyptus in our latitude, remarked that his 

 botanical information was drawn chiefly from the pretty 

 thorough reconnoisance of that continent by Dr. Schomberg, 

 Director of the Botanical Gardens at Adelaide, and Baron 



