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Nuts Received in 1 {) I0, with a List of Donors 



The following list is encouraging to lovers of the chestnut tree. 

 The fact that we received nuts o\ Castanea dentata, the native spe- 

 cies, from 7 states (Mass., R. I., Conn., \. Y.. X. |., Penna., and 

 Ky.) indicates that the chestnut is not only not dead, but still bear- 

 ing nuts in sufficient quantities to attract considerable attention. 

 Although we have received information in only a few cases as to 

 the nature of the trees bearing the nuts, it is probable that they are 

 mostly from young shoots which have sprouted from the stumps 

 ol older trees now killed (above ground) by the blight. This situ- 

 ation, due primarily to the greater blight-resistance of the roots 

 ot the tree as compared with that of the trunk and branches, may 

 continue for many years, or perhaps indefinitely. As we have 

 said before, it means simply that the native chestnut has been re- 

 duced from the status of a noble forest tree to the humble kinder- 

 garten grade ot a forest shrub. 



Quite possibly some of the nuts were no longer viable, which 

 sometimes happens when the embryos have become dried, but they 

 have been planted in the cold frames at the Garden. We acknowl- 

 edge with pleasure the valuable cooperation of the donors. 



Sept. 17. Castanea dentata from Miss Catherine- Kuebler. Potts- 



ville. Pa. 

 Sept. 27. C. dentata from Mr. Wm. II. Matthews, Yonkers, X. Y. 

 Oct. 1 and 7. C. dentata from Mr. Bruce A. Hunt, Williams- 

 port, I 'a. 

 Oct. 10. C. dentata from Mr. Clarence McK. Lewis, New York 



City. 

 Oct. 10. C. dentata from Dr. W. C. Deming, Litchfield, Conn. 

 Oct. 15. C. erena/a from Mr. II. L. Johnson, South Meriden. 



Conn. 

 Oct. 15. C. dentata, through Dr. W. C. Deming, from Mr. Philip 



Allen, Providence, R. I. 

 Oct. 15. C. dentata from Mr. J. J. Mckcnna, Reading, Pa. 

 Oct. 15. C. dentata from Mr. George W. Howe, Springfield, 



Mass. 

 Oct. 16. C. dentata from Miss Elizabeth P. O'Dea, of Elmhurst, 



L. 1., from Metuchen, X. |, 



