THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



combination of good qualities. Everyone in this country who has 

 a dooryard should at least grow a couple of Chinquapin bushes 

 of the sort which is hardy as far north as Massachusetts. 



Some of the hybrid Chestnuts which are quite blight resistant 

 even though not wholly immune may bear heavy crops for several 

 years before becoming disabled and that time may be extended by 

 the gardener who trims out blight as fast as it appears. Some of 

 the Hazels constitute the most beautiful of shrubs or small trees 

 and belong in the decorative group where they combine the Greek 

 ideal of beauty with usefulness. 



A most interesting new field is being widely opened with the 

 hybridizing or crossing of different kinds of nut trees for the 

 purpose of bringing out desirable qualities in progeny. This is a 

 fascinating work which appeals to almost everyone with a specula- 

 tive turn of mind. It is very pretty and delicate work of the sort 

 which would appeal particularly to women who love trees. 



[At this point Dr. Morris showed upon the screen a series of 

 slides illustrating nut trees of various kinds.] 



Our Department of Agriculture of late years has given close 

 attention to the subject of nut culture and it had been my intention 

 to use a series of slides loaned by the Bureau of Pomology and at 

 the disposal of horticulturists who wish to address audiences on 

 the subject of nut culture. Through some mishap my Washing- 

 ton slides did not arrive in time for this afternoon's programme 

 and I am showing slides prepared by Dr. William C. Deming and 

 Professor J. Russell Smith sent to me at the last moment by Doc- 

 tor Deming. 



Following the demonstration upon the screen let us now take 

 upon the question of nut-trees grafting. For centuries the almond 

 has been grafted readily and it has furnished a chief income- 

 producing crop in some of the parts of the world. Methods of 

 propagation of the Hazels have allowed cultivated varieties of 

 Hazel species to assume an important position in European, Asiatic 

 and African agriculture. Grafting of the Chestnut belongs to old- 

 established procedure. On the other hand, grafting of Walnuts 

 and Hickories, belonging to two of our most important tree fam- 

 ilies, has been so difficult that work in this field has progressed 

 spasmodically and more or less unsatisfactorily. A study of the 



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